Splat C+ |
I Am Legend (2007) |
"For all the straining efforts of the star and overheated action and warmed-over emotionalism, this is a grim and flat and too often listless film." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
I Am Sam (2002) |
"Made-for-TV-pap with a couple of big stars in the leads." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
I Can't Think Straight (2008) |
"Glossy and lacking depth as it trivializes every subject it touches." |
Stan Hall |
Tomato |
I Capture the Castle (2003) |
"Take your book-smart teenage daughters." |
Kim Morgan |
Splat |
I Dreamed of Africa (2000) |
"Kenya is portrayed as a sort of rough resort, and the thorny questions behind issues like conservationism vs. cultural insensitivity don't get looked into." |
Diana Abu-Jaber |
Splat |
I Heart Huckabees (2004) |
"Rich in quirky performances, amusing in its restless energy, it nevertheless frustrates with self-import and fishy enlightenment." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat F+ |
I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) |
"I was stunned to learn that Beth Cooper was created by actual filmmaking veterans." |
Mike Russell |
Tomato B |
I Love You, Man (2009) |
"A typical Hollywood comedy with this plot could have easily descended into a litany of gay-panic moments and not-so-veiled homophobia. But I Love You, Man thankfully avoids that trap." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato B |
I Served the King of England (2008) |
"In the end it's those amazing, nutty set pieces, coolly guided by the veteran director, that make it all worthwhile." |
Stan Hall |
Splat C |
I Think I Love My Wife (2007) |
"While the movie gets at a couple of truths about marriage, it's just not that funny. The pacing sags and the story-driven gags (including, ugh, a condom-buying scene where the clerk loudly discusses the purchase) don't sizzle." |
M.E. Russell |
Tomato |
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2004) |
"This one's more about mood than anything else. Specifically, it's that gritty, sleek, film noir feeling that Hodges seems drawn to, and which this film delivers in spades." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato |
I'm Going Home (2002) |
"There's something poignant about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
I'm Not Scared (2004) |
"This is a different sort of horror film, where the known is infinitely more frightening than the unknown." |
Nestor Ramos |
Tomato A- |
I'm Not There (2007) |
"This film insists on being taken on its own terms -- the sort of demand, in other words, that defines the best art." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat C |
I'm Reed Fish (2007) |
"Even if cast differently, this would be a weird film." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B- |
I, Robot (2004) |
"Taken simply as a Will Smith Summer Blockbuster, I, Robot scores above average." |
M.E. Russell |
Tomato B+ |
I.O.U.S.A. (2008) |
"An informative and frightening documentary about America's inability to pay as it goes and the looming consequences of this shortsightedness." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato |
Ice (1969) |
"One of American cinema's most cogent expressions of militant-leftist thought, and an important historical artifact." |
Stan Hall |
Splat |
Ice Age (2002) |
"The really vexing thing is that it already contains the seed of a really good, funny animated film and seems not to know it." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
The Ice Harvest (2005) |
"After Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, it's the year's second-best Christmas thriller." |
M.E. Russell |
Tomato |
Identity (2003) |
"It's gory, it's bleak, it's shamelessly tricky -- and it's also a good deal more fun than it had any right to be." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
Igby Goes Down (2002) |
"You'll gasp appalled and laugh outraged and possibly, watching the spectacle of a promising young lad treading desperately in a nasty sea, shed an errant tear." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B |
Il Divo (2009) |
"There is sufficient power in the imagery and performances to make Il Divo worth hacking through." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat C+ |
The Illusionist (2006) |
"A handsome and lushly mounted film with a narrative that couldn't sustain an hourlong PBS mystery, and acting that teeters on the comical in its contrivance." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat C- |
Imaginary Heroes (2004) |
"Imagine Ordinary People with half its IQ deducted." |
M.E. Russell |
Tomato |
Importance of Being Earnest (2002) |
"While this Earnest is lively fun, it never quite feels sufficiently important." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
Impostor (2001) |
"A yawn for the most part, depending on dull characters and uninvolving twists." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B+ |
In America (2003) |
"Heartfelt, fresh and touching, it doesn't quite all come together but it's consistently engaging." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B+ |
In Bruges (2008) |
"[Director] McDonagh got winning performances from all of his cast, and the film exudes a charming sense of fun." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
In Good Company (2004) |
"Watch Topher Grace. If there's any cinematic justice, his work here will certify him as a comic leading man." |
M.E. Russell |
Splat D |
In My Country (2005) |
"A really bad movie about a really important subject is twice the artistic crime -- because, however well-intentioned, it trivializes human suffering while squandering a teaching opportunity." |
M.E. Russell |
Tomato |
In Praise of Love (2001) |
"Like most of Godard's films, In Praise of Love makes you stay awake and lean forward." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B- |
In Search of a Midnight Kiss (2008) |
"In Search of a Midnight Kiss is frustrating and makes things difficult for itself, yet it has an undeniable allure." |
Stan Hall |
Tomato |
In the Bedroom (2001) |
"The film confronts such profound, unpleasant human realities as jealousy, anguish and vengeance with a rare, cold-eyed frankness and remarkable craft." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
In the Cut (2003) |
"Despite their sexual acrobatics and the omnipresence of mortal danger, the characters are dreary ciphers that none of the cast can bring to life." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B+ |
In the Land of Women (2007) |
"Solid acting, especially from the women, and a few good Colin Farrell jokes make this familiar tale better than it probably should be." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato B+ |
In the Loop (2009) |
"[A] dense and often quite funny spoof." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
In the Mood for Love (2001) |
"Romantic movies can tell a love story, but how many put the viewer so deeply inside a yearning heart that we feel as if we are falling in love right along?" |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato |
In the Realms of the Unreal (2004) |
"Fascinating, if flawed." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato B+ |
In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) |
"It's a satisfying and heartening reminder of what a glorious thing a small group of men once contrived to do." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B+ |
In the Valley of Elah (2007) |
"With In the Valley of Elah writer-director Paul Haggis provides a story filled with depth, nuance, feeling, power and, for the most part, restraint." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
In Too Deep (1999) |
"Unexceptional acting and an excess of cop-film cliches!" |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
Incident at Loch Ness (2004) |
"In addition to being a funny movie about the movie business, it's a cheeky, ingenious motion picture puzzle." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato A |
An Inconvenient Truth (2006) |
"It's about science and only because we live in a society where believing in scientific truth has become controversial can it be seen as partisan at all." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato |
The Incredible Hulk (2008) |
"Despite the desperation the whole concept exudes, it isn't as bad as you'd think." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato |
The Incredibles (2004) |
"At 115 minutes, this is the longest computer-animated cartoon ever, and the setup might test the patience of younger viewers. But what a payoff!" |
M.E. Russell |
Tomato |
The Independent (2001) |
"It's fun to watch Stiller throw fits and reveal some depth and sweetness." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato |
Indestructible (2008) |
"This documentary by playwright Ben Byer, who succumbed in July at after living six years with ALS, isn't about dying as much as finding purpose in an impossible challenge and giving comfort to fellow sufferers." |
Stan Hall |
Tomato |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) |
"The movie's pretty good, occasionally very good. But I also kind of hope they don't make another one." |
M.E. Russell |
Tomato B- |
Infamous (2006) |
"The coincidence of these two films -- and the marked difference between them -- gives us a chance to engage in comparative cinematic criticism in a way rarely afforded since the three near-simultaneous TV movies about Long Island Lolita Amy Fisher." |
Shawn Levy |
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