Tomato |
Haiku Tunnel (2001) |
"Sure to strike a power chord with the millions of secretaries, office assistants and other white-collar grunts." |
Mark de la Viņa |
Tomato 4/4 |
Hairspray (2007) |
"The movie pulsates with so much energy and excitement that it sometimes seems it will come bouncing off the screen. But then someone applies another layer of lacquer to their 'do, and the whole boisterous bouffant of a show somehow sticks together." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 2/4 |
Half Past Dead (2002) |
"This is an action movie with an action icon who's been all but decommissioned." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Halloween: Resurrection (2002) |
"No, it's not as single-minded as John Carpenter's original, but it's sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat |
Hanging Up (2000) |
"Shrill and unsettling." |
David L. Beck |
Splat |
Hannibal (2001) |
"A full-bore freak show, with the emphasis on bore." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato |
Happy Accidents (2001) |
"The low-budget Happy Accidents may be just the tonic for those in the mood for something quirky and low-key." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 4/4 |
A Hard Day's Night (1964) |
"Younger fans can see what Beatlemania was really all about." |
Steve Marinucci |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Hard Word (2003) |
"The Hard Word may not be the last word in underworld thrills, but, like eternal patsy Pearce, it possesses a certain wild-eyed affability." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat |
Hardball (2001) |
"It's a tossup as to what's more distasteful in this film -- the slathered-on schmaltz or the grim urban stereotypes." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 2/4 |
Harrison's Flowers (2002) |
"MacDowell and Brody give emotionally galvanizing performances, but too often Flowers arranges itself on a bier that goes flat." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) |
"It's smartly produced and slightly more streamlined than Sorcerer's Stone, its predecessor, but at almost three hours it's still too slavishly faithful to its source and will no doubt try the patience of Muggle moppets." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) |
"The visual magic of the story, as well as some enormously welcome glimmerings of humor, gives it the solid feel of a well-tended franchise." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) |
"Half-Blood Prince shows the Potter film franchise and Rowling's story are in very good hands indeed." |
Charlie McCollum |
Tomato 3/4 |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |
"For all its gloominess, Order of the Phoenix is, in several ways, the best Potter picture yet." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
"The first real Potter movie." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) |
"The effects are special, but too often they're the only thing that is. They seem to drive the story, instead of the other way around." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Hart's War (2002) |
"[S]olid, old-fashioned entertainment in which everything is much larger than life and the plot elements slide into place with clockwork precision." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 2/4 |
The Haunted Mansion (2003) |
"Amusing time-killer." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat |
The Haunting (1999) |
"So breathtakingly bad, so unintentionally funny that it could take on the status of a camp classic." |
Charlie McCollum |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Heart of the Game (2006) |
"Serrill's documentary on a girls' high school basketball team in Seattle has oodles of heart. What it hasn't got is game." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Heartbreak Kid (2007) |
"[The Farrelly Brothers] have taken what was a minor classic and annihilated everything that was funny about it." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat |
Hearts in Atlantis (2001) |
"Hicks seems uncertain how to tie up all his loose threads, framing a scene near the end amid diaphanous white sheets on a clothesline." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Heaven (2002) |
"It's not a completely successful endeavor, partly because of obvious marquee casting and a New Age-y finale reminiscent of Thelma & Louise, but it's still quite compelling." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 4/4 |
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) |
"Thanks to Mitchell's electrifying work in front of and behind the camera, you'll find yourself falling in love with this rock odyssey." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato |
Heist (2001) |
"For fans of The Sting and other classic cons, this will sound like jackpot time. For others, who prefer their capers less tidy or self-consciously clever, this exercise may carry all the excitement of a drugged mouse in a maze." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Hellboy (2004) |
"The most successful transformation from pulp page to big screen since Tim Burton's Batman in 1989." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Hero (2004) |
"Hero is without question the year's most beautiful film." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Hidalgo (2004) |
"Falls far short of the epic grandeur to which it so obviously aspires because it can't shut up." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3/4 |
High Crimes (2002) |
"Though glossy and formulaic, High Crimes ... proves highly entertaining." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 4/4 |
A History of Violence (2005) |
"In A History of Violence, director David Cronenberg's delirious wow of a movie about violence and sex and the American dream, cinema regains all its original power to shock and surprise." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Holes (2003) |
"A slightly better-than-average tale of friendship, sacrifice and survival." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Holiday (2006) |
"What The Holiday has going for it is that it's funny when it wants to be, heartwarming when it needs to be and impeccably acted throughout." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Hollywood Ending (2002) |
"Inspired in stretches and offers Allen the actor the best role he's had in ages." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 1/4 |
Hollywood Homicide (2003) |
"This is a movie in which the humor isn't just deadpan, it's inert." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Hotel Rwanda (2004) |
"If [Schindler's List] had never been made, Hotel Rwanda might seem better than it does, and probably better than it is." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 2/4 |
House of 1000 Corpses (2003) |
"Parts have been cannibalized from better shockers and, worse, the stitches holding them together are so obvious they glow in the dark." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
House of Flying Daggers (2004) |
"House of Flying Daggers pierces the mind's eye with its crazy beautiful images, then rends the heart." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 4/4 |
House of Sand and Fog (2003) |
"In the current political climate, it's required viewing. We all need to think about tolerance and how, like sand, it can slip through our fingers." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Housekeeper (2003) |
"Engrossing and a soupįon sad." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 1.5/4 |
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) |
"This is a movie that never aspires to be anything more than dimwitted fun, then falls on its aspirations." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Hulk (2003) |
"Toss a plastic toy figure across your yard, and you'll have a good approximation of what this film's $140 million-plus budget bought its producers." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Human Stain (2003) |
"Never jells as compelling or satisfying drama." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Hunted (2003) |
"A remarkably stupid and unpleasant chase picture." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato |
The Hurricane (1999) |
"Denzel Washington's performance in the title role is even more absorbing than the screenplay invites." |
Mike Antonucci |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Hustle & Flow (2005) |
"Brewer hasn't sugarcoated his pimp, and Howard's performance locates all the shadings of fury and desperation that drive him." |
Bruce Newman |
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