Tomato 4/4
V For Vendetta (2005)
"V for Vendetta is provocative, exciting, funny, beautiful, disturbing, moving and stylish. In fact, I can't think of too many things the movies can do that V for Vendetta doesn't."
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Tomato
Va Savoir (2001)
"It's gratifying to see actual adults in a movie, and it's fun to watch director Jacques Rivette keep several subplots aloft, like plates spinning on top of poles."
Tomato 3.5/4
Vacancy (2007)
"What drives Vacancy is its ingenious premise, from which director Nimrod Antal wrings every ounce of tension."
Splat 0/4
Valentin (2004)
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Tomato 3/4
Valentino: the Last Emperor (2009)
"If Valentino doesn't reveal much about the man, it argues convincingly that the elaborate gowns, like the vintage one Julia Roberts wore to accept her Oscar, will outlive him, anyway."
The Valet (2007)
"Snappy, sunny fun."
Splat 2/4
Valiant (2005)
"Valiant isn't up to the computer-animation standards of Pixar (Finding Nemo) or even Dreamworks (Madagascar)."
Splat 1.5/4
Valkyrie (2008)
"Cruise's character, Claus von Stauffenberg, is off-putting and not just because he's a German with a pronounced American accent."
Valley of Tears (2003)
"The movie leaves us with a lot of questions, but its rawness draws attention to the cataclysmic social shift the workers are trying to achieve and the long odds against them."
Splat 1/4
Van Helsing (2004)
"Little more than a series of not-always-good special effects strung together."
Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006)
"Before a schmaltzy, earnest ending, Taj manages to score with exactly one decent joke. It's about British colonialism, it's in the trailer and you can see it on the Internet for free."
Splat
Vanilla Sky (2001)
"Insists on spelling things out, and the more we know about the supernatural direction the movie takes, the less interesting it is."
Tomato 2.5/4
Vanity Fair (2004)
"Nair, who also directed Monsoon Wedding, has trouble juggling all the characters here, but she brings to Vanity Fair some of her previous film's zest for life."
Vantage Point (2008)
"Keep your expectations reasonable."
The Velveteen Rabbit (2009)
"The live-action cast may be unknowns, but they're effective enough; the 2-D (drawn and digital) animation is winning; and the story will engross any 8-and-younger with the patience to watch it."
Venom (2005)
"If the job of slaughtered-teenager movies is to dig up talented young actors who will eventually do better movies and wish they hadn't done this one, Venom excels in that area."
Venus (2006)
"Venus is a modern, vigorous movie ..."
Vera Drake (2004)
"Staunton's performance as Vera is so majestic and compassionate that we feel we know everything about her."
Veronica Guerin (2003)
"Intelligent but bloodless."
Vertical Limit (2000)
"Every time someone whips out some crampons in Vertical Limit, you're in for a thrill. Every time someone talks, you're in for a groaner."
The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2001)
"So gorgeous you'd swear it was art-directed by whoever puts together the spare, tasteful Pottery Barn catalog."
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
"A beautiful movie."
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
"A romantic drama that I liked even though I had no investment in any of the characters."
View from the Top (2003)
"A mild, genial comedy that nobody will love and nobody will hate."
The Village (2004)
"The Village is probably Shyamalan's subtlest movie and his least scarificating."
The Violin (2007)
"The Violin is so beautiful to look at, it almost wouldn't matter if it had a story. But it has one, and it's riveting."
The Visitor (2008)
"A smart, beautifully acted character drama."
Vitus (2007)
"If I had to select one movie genre to never withstand again, it would be the precocious- child-shows- adults-the- way-to- a-better- more-heartwarming- future drama, a genre the new Vitus practically defines."
Voices Of Iraq (2006)
"The movie conveys a sense of what it would be like to live in a place where bombs could drop next door."
Volver (2006)
"Its buoyant script and zesty cast make a convincing argument that you can't fully appreciate life without having a healthy respect for death."
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