Splat 2.5/4 |
S.W.A.T. (2003) |
"S.W.A.T. proves something of a throwback entertainment in this summer of digital-effects duds. The story couldn't be more cliched or conservative." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 2/4 |
S1m0ne (2002) |
"A high-concept idea in search of plot, a few new wrinkles and a more playful or perverse approach." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Sahara (2005) |
"If you like movies that are big, dumb fun, they don't come much bigger -- and they certainly don't come any dumber (or funner!) -- than Sahara." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Salton Sea (2002) |
"Has all the scenic appeal of a cesspool." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 2/4 |
Saved! (2004) |
"Lightweight and only sporadically amusing." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Saving Face (2005) |
"Wu's film takes the received wisdom of The Joy Luck Club for a delightful spin through unwed motherhood, lesbianism and Chinese-American family values." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Scary Movie (2000) |
"The kind of thing that leads to sleepless nights -- from severely bruised rib cages." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
School of Rock (2003) |
"At last, here is a movie that isn't afraid to care about something out loud." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Scooby-Doo - The Movie (2002) |
"The movie Scooby is a delight -- by turns lovable, charming, conspiratorial and snooty." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 2/4 |
Scoop (2006) |
"Too often the movie suffers from jokes that sound left over from Broadway Danny Rose, without the ironic sense of detachment." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat |
The Score (2001) |
"A handsomely mounted yawn." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Scorpion King (2002) |
"A fast-paced Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves adventure with enough cliffhanger escapes and peek-a-boo nudity to sate adolescent boys of all ages." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Sea (2003) |
"A messy but thoroughly engrossing family saga that combines the brooding tone of Ingmar Bergman with the over-the-top skulduggery of Eugene O'Neill." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Sea Inside (2004) |
"Without lifting a finger, Javier Bardem gives the most stirring performance of the year." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Sea is Watching (2003) |
"I don't think I'm going too far out on a limb by saying the Sea that Kurosawa must have envisioned had to be a whole lot more compelling and focused than the one now delivered by veteran director Kei Kumai." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Seabiscuit (2003) |
"You get the feeling Ross doesn't want to entertain us so much as make us better human beings." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Secondhand Lions (2003) |
"The performances of Caine and Duvall are a double-barreled blast." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003) |
"The movie [diverts] into a domestic sub-trauma, and Rudolph is never able to bring it back." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Secret Window (2004) |
"Even if you do figure out what's ahead, the movie's stylish execution rewards you for your cunning." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Secuestro Express (2005) |
"So relentlessly violent and grim that it makes you yearn for a purifying shower." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Semi-Pro (2008) |
"Ferrell is capable of a great deal more than he's been delivering. It might surprise him to learn that white men can jump. But first they have to try." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Sentinel (2006) |
"It's a sleek piece of entertainment with attractive performers who deliver exactly what's expected of them." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 4/4 |
Seven Samurai (1954) |
"The archetypal action classic." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato |
Sexy Beast (2001) |
"The best British crime thriller in years." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato |
Shakespeare in Love (1998) |
"Smart crowd-pleasers are rare. So are romantic comedies that soar with genuine passion. This movie succeeds as both." |
Julie Hinds |
Splat |
Shallow Hal (2001) |
"A message movie of such surpassing stupidity that the message doesn't seem to have gotten through to the people who made it." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Shanghai Knights (2003) |
"Grand, undemanding entertainment." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat |
Shanghai Noon (2000) |
"The plots for most Chan movies are glorified coat hangers on which to drape elaborate fights and sight gags. Shanghai Noon is slightly more sophisticated, but it still treats plot twists and peripheral characters as impositions." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 2/4 |
The Shape of Things (2003) |
"The problem with Shape is that it's exactly what it seems: a recycled four-character play ... that someone mistook for a clever movie." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 2/4 |
Shark Tale (2004) |
"Whatever we found with Nemo and his determined dad seems to have been lost or forgotten in this fishy tale." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 2/4 |
Shattered Glass (2003) |
"A film that strikes me as too slick and self-satisfied by half, like its preppie, suck-up hero." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 1.5/4 |
She Hate Me (2004) |
"It's a muddled, overlong, politically incorrect satire that goes wrong in so many ways it's hard to know where to begin dismantling the thing." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 3/4 |
Shooter (2007) |
"Shooter won't win any Oscars, but it has blood and brains, and even some heart. They're splattered all over the screen." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Showtime (2002) |
"It's definitely a hate-yourself-in- the-morning glut." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 4/4 |
Shrek (2001) |
"It has the big green earmarks of a classic." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Shrek 2 (2004) |
"The thrill isn't quite gone, but almost." |
Glenn Lovell |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Sicko (2007) |
"Sicko represents Moore's most mature work as a filmmaker." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Sideways (2004) |
"Never betrays the longing for love and friendship that makes it both painful and painfully funny." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Signs (2002) |
"[Shyamalan's] Big Idea raises a Big Question: So what?" |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Silver City (2004) |
"This is an if-the-shoe-fits, non-partisan attack on the whole crummy, self-perpetuating System. And as such, it's a whole lot more disquieting." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Simpsons Movie (2007) |
" The movie isn't a disaster, just a disappointment." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Sin City (2005) |
"The most gorgeous digital movie ever made. It represents a stunning leap forward in both the technology of digital cinema and the art of filmmaking." |
Bruce Newman |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) |
"There's almost nothing in it that couldn't have been done -- in less time, for about the same money and probably better -- as a live-action picture." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Sir! No Sir! (2006) |
"This compelling documentary by director David Zeiger recounts what were more than half a million 'incidents of desertion' during the war, many of them acts of direct rebellion against the legitimacy of the war." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato |
The Sixth Sense (1999) |
"An intense, haunting, often beautifully crafted character study and meditation on the nature of death and life after death." |
Charlie McCollum |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Skin Deep (2003) |
"A solid calling card for Parisot, Karn and Mantxola." |
Glenn Lovell |
Splat 2/4 |
Skins (2002) |
"If Eyre wanted to tell a story of outrage and dignity, he should have guarded against so much preachiness." |
Mike Antonucci |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) |
"A glossy piece of humbug cooked up by well-intentioned amateurs as a science experiment." |
Bruce Newman |
Tomato |
Sleepy Hollow (1999) |
"If you're willing to loosen your grip on reality, it is a grand journey to a place where Gothic is cross-wired with modern sensibilities." |
Charlie McCollum |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
A Slipping Down Life (2004) |
"This is one of those rare dramas that drops us into the heart of the Dairy Queen/Bible Belt without seeming in the least patronizing or superior." |
Glenn Lovell |
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