Splat 1/4
The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)
"You wonder if the film might actually have been worthwhile without the random stuff it includes. I mean, for instance, imagine there's no Geraldo Rivera. It isn't hard to do."
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Tomato 3/4
U2 3D (2008)
"Effortless magic happens all the time in U2 3D, and you don't need to be a fan of the band (I'm not) to love it."
Tomato 2.5/4
The Ugly Truth (2009)
"The Ugly Truth stands or falls on the farce skills of Heigl. I like her, and I liked her in this movie."
The Ultimate Gift (2007)
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Unaccompanied Minors (2006)
"There isn't a single original plot development in Unaccompanied Minors, which is why it's a surprise that the movie is so much fun."
Splat 2/4
The Unborn (2009)
"Unfortunately, "Unborn" is unscary"
Unbreakable (2000)
"Whereas The Sixth Sense was merely an OK movie with a great ending, Unbreakable is more."
Unconscious (2007)
"[Billy] Wilder would have loved this razor-timed, feather-light comedy set in sexually repressed 1913 Spain."
Uncovered: The War on Iraq (2004)
"Nothing in Uncovered: The War on Iraq will change your opinion, but it may give you bullet points to back up your cocktail-party arguments."
Undead (2005)
"Undead is not as funny or clever, but its special effects are surprisingly professional, given how low the budget clearly was."
Tomato 3.5/4
Under the Same Moon (2008)
"[Director] Riggen coaxes fine, understated performances from her actors, whose faces are all she needs to sell the movie's heartfelt climax, a graceful scene that makes us feel what Rosario and little Carlitos feel."
Tomato
Under the Sand (2001)
"Characters will do or say something that seems inexplicable until Ozon provides a context, and suddenly it all makes sense."
Under the Sea 3D (2009)
"I've seen so many large- format deep-sea documentaries I'm waterlogged, so I was reluctant to go to Under the Sea 3-D. But I'm glad I did."
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
"Tuscan is not deep -- it only wants to make us happy for a couple hours -- but it has a few surprising moments that pull us into the characters' stories."
Underclassman (2005)
"Nick Cannon is too likable an actor to be stuck in junk like Underclassman."
Undercover Brother (2002)
"Quite like the first Austin Powers in that it's pretty funny, but it could have been funnier if they'd invented more loopy spins on the basic premise."
Undertow (2004)
"Movies can either choose to fulfill or dash our expectations, and Undertow does both."
Underworld (2003)
"The same dumb gun movie you've seen a million times."
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
"The characters include Fearful Lycan and another called Big Lycan but, unfortunately, none named Compelling Lycan or Lycan Who Breaks Up the Monotonous Fight Scenes With a Couple Good Wisecracks."
Undisputed (2002)
"By its modest, straight-ahead standards, Undisputed scores a direct hit."
Splat 1.5/4
Unfaithful (2002)
"It's so determined to be classy and nonjudgmental that it feels sealed off from real emotions, and, as a result, the people in it bear approximately the same relationship to actual people as wax fruit does to an apple."
An Unfinished Life (2005)
"Whereas the tiny moments in Unfinished are excellent, the big picture is out of focus."
The Uninvited (2009)
"The excellent South Korean A Tale of Two Sisters becomes a less complex, but not bad, thriller in The Uninvited."
United 93 (2006)
"... a sober, unsentimental film, and it plays out like a documentary might ..."
The United States of Leland (2004)
"Watching it is the equivalent of listening to two hours of whiny, pretentious emo."
Unknown White Male (2005)
"It's well worth seeing, although Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter is a better documentary with a similar theme."
Unleashed (2005)
"Unleashed has a good idea and a great character, and it can't figure out what to do with them."
Splat
Unmistaken Child (2009)
"How far can an incredibly cute kid and an incredibly beautiful setting go toward making a movie worthwhile? Not far enough, as indicated by Unmistaken Child."
An Unreasonable Man (2007)
"Unlike most recent documentaries, An Unreasonable Man doesn't just preach to the choir."
Untraceable (2008)
"It can't have been easy for hundreds of actors, technicians and stunt people to show up for work every day to make a movie whose message is, essentially: Don't go see this movie."
Tomato 4/4
Up (2009)
"Up recalls Finding Nemo in the grace with which it balances thrills and tenderness."
Up for Grabs (2005)
"Hilarious, inventive documentary."
Up in the Air (2009)
"Clooney is excellent, incidentally, in a role that must have hit home. "You don't want to get married?" his character is asked, and his reply is the same as Clooney's always is: "Nope.""
Up The Yangtze (2007)
"If Up the Yangtze makes you think, 'How can a film so lovely be about something so horrible?' then it has done its job."
The Upside of Anger (2005)
"Quite a bit of fun."
Splat 0/4
Uptown Girls (2003)
"What Uptown Girls amounts to is two creeps yelling at each other for 90 minutes."
Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
"Derivative slasher movies, as a genre, are over, and you don't have to be a film school student to know that."
Ushpizin (2005)
"[T]he movie works even if you aren't clear on the religious rituals because what it offers -- a low-key fable about people of faith who don't always measure up to their own standards -- is so likable and rare."
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