Nacho Libre (2006)

"It is a funny movie, and it's recognizably the work of the Napoleon director, whose comic appreciation for polyester, food fights and Chapstick remains firm."

Nancy Drew (2007)

"Emma Roberts, as Nancy, is perfection: smart, bemused, unflappable, a know-it-all without acting like she knows it all."

The Nanny Diaries (2007)

"Don't expect to slap your knee much, but actors and a smart script make it compelling."

Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

"We laugh at all the nerdy behavior in the movie, and there's a reason that's OK: Because, deep down, we know we are all nerds."

Narc (2002)

"Marred only by a mildly disappointing ending, it's a smart, hard-hitting drama."

National Geographic - Forces of Nature (2005)

"If you're a person who thinks 'severe weather advisory' means 'time to sit on the porch and watch the lightning,' you'll go for Forces of Nature."

National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (2004)

"In the way it humiliates its actors and rips off its audience, a more accurate title would be National Lampoon's Contempt."

National Security (2003)

"It's a slapdash, heavily marked-down affair."

National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets (2007)

"It's a treasure hunt, and frankly, Book of Secrets doesn't care if the hunt is improbable."

The Nazi Officer's Wife

"You cannot help but be riveted by it."

Neil Young - Heart of Gold (2006)

"Demme's camera gives us the best possible seats, seats that sometimes put us just a couple of inches from Young, and he makes sure Heart of Gold is a concert film that works both as a concert and a film."

Never Die Alone (2004)

"Ernest Dickerson's film recycles a cinematic standby -- it's narrated by a corpse, telling us how he got that way -- but the movie's scuzzy beauty keeps it intriguing."

The New Guy (2002)

"Badly written and amateurishly put together."

New Suit (2002)

"This sort of thing has been done better ... but it's still pretty entertaining."

New York Doll (2005)

"A nimble, handsome film that also happens to be about a noteworthy guy: the late Arthur 'Killer' Kane."

New York, I Love You (2009)

"The whole thing stops and restarts itself so often, it feels longer than its 103-minute running time."

Next Friday (1999)

"Most of the characters are so foolish and short-sighted that they can't see beyond the last puff of the fattie they're smoking."

Nicholas Nickleby (2002)

"Beautiful sets and costumes, cardboard characters."

Night at the Museum (2006)

"The oft-humiliated Stiller is in familiar territory (a monkey named Dexter does the humiliating here), but Museum has a sweetness most of his movies don't."

The Night Listener (2006)

"This not-great movie, like the not-great book it's based on, is worthwhile because it puts us in the kind of uncomfortable place where we're forced to examine our own beliefs."

Nights in Rodanthe (2008)

"Nights in Rodanthe is a soap opera, for sure, but it's a beautifully-acted one and director George C. Wolfe revels in the story's swoony lushness."

Nine Lives (2005)

"They make a persuasive case that, as one character says, 'Each woman is a universe.'"

Ninja Assassin (2009)

"Ninja Assassin is wildly improbable and completely unrealistic, but it's also bloody good fun."

The Ninth Gate (1999)

"[Goes] on too long and has too many endings."

No Man's Land (2001)

"A Waiting for Godot for art-house movie buffs."