Tomato 4/4 |
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) |
"The creator of such pulp prodigies as Hellboy and Blade II, del Toro mingles myth and history in Pan's Labyrinth, and produces a masterpiece of magical realism." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Panic Room (2002) |
"Fincher is a master of kinetic razzle-dazzle, goosing familiar or trite material to life with his high-tech bag of tricks." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Passion of the Christ (2004) |
"The extreme violence does not teach a lesson; it's an end in itself, more suited to the S&M crowd than to anyone seeking an uplifting sermon on everlasting redemption." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat |
Patch Adams (1998) |
"Somebody needs to come up with a remedy for the maudlin Robin Williams comedy." |
Julie Hinds |
Splat |
Pay It Forward (2000) |
"The three principals have been encouraged to recycle their recently acclaimed performances and, when at a loss for something to do, to fall back on their specialty acts." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat |
Payback (1999) |
"Rehashed Quentin Tarantino or a rusted-out Pinto." |
Julie Hinds |
Splat 1/4 |
The Perfect Score (2004) |
"A generic teen comedy brimming with patronizing stereotypes and lame in-jokes." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 1/4 |
Perfect Stranger (2007) |
"People with access to vital information just show up when the movie needs them, then vanish again." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) |
"The movie talks suggestively about smells but can't quite find a way to bring them to life, so [director Tom] Tykwer uses images to rub our noses in as many disgusting things as he can." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Personal Velocity (2002) |
"Boasts the finest female ensemble of the year." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Peter Pan (2003) |
"If, as you go into the theater, you hear people coming out still chanting 'I do believe in fairies. I do! I do!' do not be alarmed. Soon you will be joining them." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 2/4 |
Phone Booth (2003) |
"Occasionally a film comes along that isn't very good but still rates a look-see because it taps into the zeitgeist." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Pieces of April (2003) |
"We leave grateful that the filmmaker has taken the time to bring out not only the best in his characters, but also the best in us." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Piglet's Big Movie (2003) |
"Piglet finally comes into his own in Disney's charming Piglet's Big Movie." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Pinochet Case (2002) |
"The determination of Pinochet's victims to seek justice, and their often heartbreaking testimony, spoken directly into director Patricio Guzman's camera, pack a powerful emotional wallop." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Pirate Radio (2009) |
"I started glancing at the time well before the midway mark." |
Charlie McCollum |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) |
"[Erupts] into a grand and glorious adventure at the final hour. After lying dead in the water during much of its three-part odyssey, Pirates of the Caribbean has saved the best for last. The third time is the charmer." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 2/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) |
"This installment in the trilogy feels more like filler between the first and the last episodes, and with no obvious story to tell, it remains mired in the horse latitudes of whimsy." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 2/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) |
"Pirates of the Caribbean is a movie that you ride around in circles for 2 hours and 23 minutes, until at last it brings you back where you began, exhausted and a lot dizzier." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat |
Pitch Black (2000) |
"[The actors] are graduates of the Arnold Schwarzenegger School of Emoting." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Planet of the Apes (2001) |
"This movie may be descended from the [original] Apes, but it exceeds it at almost every turn." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat |
Play it to the Bone (1999) |
"The least engrossing (non-)grudge match in memory." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato |
The Pledge (2001) |
"I'll wager you won't see a better performance by a veteran American actor over the next 11 months." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato |
Pokémon the Movie 2000 (2000) |
"Actually quite entertaining and sophisticated." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato |
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy (2001) |
"[Jeremy's] articulate, funny and -- in a weird way -- almost endearing, like a libidinous Sancho Panza." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Poseidon (2006) |
"After you've seen Poseidon, you will never willingly crawl into a thousand-gallon ballast tank again." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat |
Practical Magic (1998) |
"A flat, unappealing potion!" |
Julie Hinds |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Pride and Prejudice (2005) |
"As with so much of this Pride & Prejudice, you wish it would never end." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Primer (2004) |
"Writer-director Shane Carruth makes a low-tech, low-budget entry into a staple of science fiction and manages to make it feel like a genre you've never been to before." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato |
The Prince of Egypt (1998) |
"Surprisingly moving and compelling!" |
Julie Hinds |
Splat 2/4 |
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005) |
"Evelyn's behavior just seems surreal, and it doesn't help that the movie never settles on a consistent tone, looking back from an ironic distance at first, then moving in for a painfully close look at the Ryans' tribulations." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 1/4 |
The Producers (2005) |
"... to have seen either the original movie, or Lane and Broderick on Broadway (I saw both) is to be reminded what a lamentable knockoff this is." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 2/4 |
Puccini for Beginners (2007) |
"Proving that a movie called Puccini For Beginners actually can be as deeply pretentious as its title implies, Puccini For Beginners attempts to pick up the torch once carried by Woody Allen for the romantic comedy of ideas." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 4/4 |
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
"Manages to be both heartbreaking and happy, while managing to look like nothing you've ever seen before." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Punisher (2004) |
"No, The Punisher isn't pretty. But, like its low-rent superhero, it gets the job done and then some." |
Glenn Lovell |
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