Tomato B- |
The Da Vinci Code (2006) |
"Director Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man) has reveled in themes of humanity struggling to be great and good. And he finds enough of that idea in The Da Vinci Code to render him reverential." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
Dahmer (2002) |
"Writer-director David Jacobson and his star, Jeremy Renner, have made a remarkable film that explores the monster's psychology not in order to excuse him but rather to demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato A- |
The Damned United (2009) |
"Sheen’s Clough is as good as his Tony Blair and his David Frost -- which is to say he is absolutely remarkable." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat D |
Dan in Real Life (2007) |
"Imagine what it would take to make an audience prefer Dane Cook over Steve Carell, then double it." |
Mike Russell |
Tomato A- |
Dance Party USA (2006) |
"Dance Party, USA is part of a new direction for independent film: homemade movies that feel more personal than communitarian and, as a result, seem less moralizing and dogmatic than the familiar, tired Sundance model." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
The Dancer Upstairs (2003) |
"A murky, turgid work that is no doubt exactly the film Malkovich wished to make but is so indirect and affected as to border on incoherent." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) |
"The film is so well acted and so beautifully conceived, it's a shame director Care didn't take more time with his characters, even making the film a bit longer to deepen the connections between them." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato B |
Danny Deckchair (2004) |
"Like Danny, the movie seems up for anything, and that relaxed joie de vivre charms in the movie's second half." |
M.E. Russell |
Splat |
Daredevil (2003) |
"[Enough] to keep the kids from getting into mischief while they wait for the Matrix sequels or The Hulk." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
Dark Blue (2003) |
"Needed more grit and finesse." |
Kim Morgan |
Splat |
Dark Blue World (2001) |
"Takes an astounding piece of history and squanders it in cliches, sentimentality and cheap dramatics." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B+ |
The Dark Knight (2008) |
"Tremendous fun." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat C- |
Dark Streets (2008) |
"The script is just all kinds of terrible." |
M.E. Russell |
Tomato B |
Dark Water Rising: The Truth About Hurricane Katrina Animal Rescues (2006) |
"It furiously reveals the nonhuman suffering that's easy to overlook in a disaster this vast." |
Mike Russell |
Tomato |
DarkBlueAlmostBlack (2007) |
"The plot of Spanish director Daniel Sanchez Arevalo's well-acted feature debut is the kind that his countryman Pedro Almodovar would imbue with bold colors, acid humor and perhaps a headstrong transvestite." |
Stan Hall |
Tomato A |
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006) |
"Too many great moments happen to list." |
Mike Russell |
Tomato B+ |
Dawn of the Dead (2004) |
"Tense, bloody, funny and smart; lacks original's conscience, but it's still a surprisingly gritty remake." |
M.E. Russell |
Tomato B- |
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) |
"Delivers the expected thrills and groans." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato B+ |
Day Night Day Night (2007) |
"The film is beautifully built and has moments of terrifying tension. If it can't quite find a way to end, it nonetheless makes vivid work of the time it takes." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
Days and Clouds (2008) |
"Evidently we aren't the only ones feeling nervous about the economy." |
Stan Hall |
Tomato B |
Days of Glory (2006) |
"The notions of sacrifice, patriotism, race and self-identity are compellingly questioned, and the battle sequences are realized with stirring intensity." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B |
The Dead Girl (2006) |
"Moncrieff manages to get beneath the skin of several of these characters, a nifty trick considering what a crowded world she's created. In all, it's a grueling, emotionally taxing, discomfiting film." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat B- |
Dead Man's Shoes (2006) |
"Though Meadows makes a lot of it, he mucks it up before it's over." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
Dead or Alive (2001) |
"Dead or Alive is stylized crime cinema not only at its finest but at its most disgusting and refreshing." |
Kim Morgan |
Splat C+ |
Dead Snow (2009) |
"There's a smidgen of kicky fun in the thing, but the craft varies wildly between clever and sloppy, the acting is rudimentary, and the Nazi element is truly arbitrary." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B |
Dear Frankie (2005) |
"As the story takes some surprising turns, it works like a slow infection: Patient audience members may find themselves awakening to the story in much the same way the characters awaken to their own capacities for tenderness." |
M.E. Russell |
Splat C+ |
Dear Wendy (2005) |
"When you have to ask yourself whether this parable is intended as comedic satire or stone-cold-serious moralizing, that's a big sign that you're watching a misfire." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato B+ |
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) |
"You have no idea how much harder Dear Zachary ends up hitting." |
Stan Hall |
Splat C |
Death at a Funeral (2007) |
"Sporadically funny, but for the most part, Death is just thoroughly modest." |
Mike Russell |
Tomato B |
Death of a President (2006) |
"No reasonable person will come away from [DOAP] feeling that the film promotes... acts of violence. So it is a bit odd that this film gets tabbed 'controversial' when an exercise in sadism like Saw III is sure to be written off as scary fun." |
Marc Mohan |
Splat C- |
Death Sentence (2007) |
"An ugly, stupid and meaningless thriller." |
Mike Russell |
Tomato |
Death to Smoochy (2002) |
"Smoochy is often laugh-out-loud funny and some musical moments are inspired, but one wishes the film's satire were sharper and meaner." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato B- |
December Boys (2007) |
"...it's hard to argue with the movie's general good spirits." |
Mike Russell |
Tomato B- |
Dedication (2007) |
"Theroux shoots and edits creatively, and elicits good performances, so here's hoping he gets another crack behind the camera with a more cohesive and consistent script." |
Marc Mohan |
Splat |
Deep Blue Sea (1999) |
"The script is so poor that any attempt to introduce a straw-man argument about medical ethics and animal testing is embarrassing." |
Diana Abu-Jaber |
Tomato A- |
Deep Water (2007) |
"This was a story that made front pages in its day but has been largely lost to history, and now is brought bracingly and compellingly back to life." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato B |
Defiance (2008) |
"Without neglecting the ultimate horror of those years, the film presents a tangible example of potential victims fighting against their oppressors and even achieving victory. And, better yet, it's based on a true story." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato B- |
Definitely, Maybe (2008) |
"The movie offers very real pleasures. Reynolds has terrific chemistry with everyone, and watching him romance three of Hollywood's more intelligent, beguiling comediennes is a pleasure." |
M.E. Russell |
Tomato B |
Deja Vu (2006) |
"The movie's biggest charm is its unpredictable, offbeat tone." |
Mike Russell |
Tomato B- |
Delirious (2007) |
"The jokes are sparse and predictable, and the storytelling is, too. But Buscemi and Gershon have great fun with their roles, and Pitt is strangely agreeable about the whole thing." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato A |
Deliver Us From Evil (2006) |
"A compelling piece of journalism arguing O'Grady is one of hundreds of 'sexualized' priests shielded by an absolute bureaucracy that's been corrupted absolutely." |
Mike Russell |
Splat |
Demonlover (2003) |
"It moves like a breezy techno-thriller but tangles itself with duplicities and metaphors. You get it, and then you don't get it, and then you wonder if you even care." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato A- |
The Departed (2006) |
"If The Departed isn't among his handful of his best pictures, it's still gripping, hot and wicked stuff." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat C |
Derailed (2005) |
"Derailed wants to be the mother of all moral-quandary thrillers, yet the film, while blessed with Cassel's sarcastic charisma and a few sharp moments, suffers from many crucial shortcomings." |
M.E. Russell |
Splat |
Derrida (2002) |
"We are left with a superficial snapshot that, however engaging, is insufficiently enlightening and inviting." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato A- |
The Descent (2006) |
"Though "shock scares" usually feel kind of cheap, The Descent uses them as punctuation marks to enhance the larger sense of dread." |
Mike Russell |
Splat |
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) |
"The film has no energy, no laughs, no purpose." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B+ |
The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006) |
"You wouldn't want to be Daniel Johnston, or even know him too well. But see this film and you won't forget him." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B+ |
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) |
"Well-crafted, pleasantly paced and, above all, acted with true verve and wit." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
The Devil's Backbone (2001) |
"Creepy, meaty, crafty and fun." |
Shawn Levy |
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