Splat |
Jackpot (2001) |
"Ultimately, Sunny is too hopeless to really care about." |
Barry Johnson |
Splat |
Jakob the Liar (1999) |
"Unfortunately, schmaltz seems to be the main ingredient in this particular kettle of fish." |
Diana Abu-Jaber |
Tomato B |
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) |
"This is comfort food, plain and simple, and achieves its modest goals in nearly effortless fashion." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato |
Japanese Story (2004) |
"[Collette] proves herself worthy of carrying a movie with a performance that runs the gamut of human emotion without striking one false note." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato B |
Jarhead (2005) |
"Appropriately obscene, violent and graphic, Jarhead gives a real taste of military life: the grueling training, the harsh physical conditions, the adrenalized masculinity, the undercurrents of aggression, sexuality, fear and death." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) |
"The best-looking, best-scripted and funniest of Smith's pictures, it's also Smith's sharpest." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato B+ |
JCVD (2008) |
"Giving the performance of his life, largely in French, Van Damme delivers a soulful self-analysis." |
M.E. Russell |
Tomato |
Jeepers Creepers (2001) |
"Balancing homage with creativity, the picture is tight, stylishly filmed, clever and, importantly, scary." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato C+ |
Jersey Girl (2004) |
"Affleck, Tyler and Castro ... have a warm chemistry that melts away much of the ill will engendered by the first half-hour." |
M.E. Russell |
Splat C+ |
Jesus Camp (2006) |
"By gilding the lily so shamelessly, Ewing and Grady guarantee they'll preach only to the converted." |
Mike Russell |
Tomato B |
Jimmy Carter Man From Plains (2007) |
"It's entirely estimable moviemaking about an entirely estimable man who just so happened to have been president once upon a time." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B |
Jindabyne (2007) |
"The solid performances and central conflict keep the film consistently, if not constantly, compelling." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato A- |
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (2007) |
"Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten is that rarest of movie biographies: a warts-and-all exploration of the life and times of its subject." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars (2001) |
"When there's no hacking going on, pretty much nothing happens except waiting for hacking to commence." |
Barry Johnson |
Splat |
John Q (2002) |
"A dissatisfying stew made of chunks of Dog Day Afternoon, Lorenzo's Oil and The King of Comedy." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
John Tucker Must Die (2006) |
"This comedy about four high-school girls getting revenge on a triple-timing jock strikes the poses of a teen sex comedy, but it contains no sex and hardly any comedy." |
Mike Russell |
Splat |
Johnny English (2003) |
"The film manages the rare trick of improving as it unrolls from the utterly putrid to the barely tolerable." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato A- |
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006) |
"From idealistic beginnings to the horror-movie ending, a singular episode of history is peeled open to expose a raw and ugly core." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
Josie and the Pussycats (2001) |
"Tries to be too many things to too many viewers." |
Kim Morgan |
Splat C+ |
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) |
"It's inoffensive and shiny and competent and kids will dig it, and I can already barely remember a single thing that happened." |
Mike Russell |
Splat |
Joy Ride (2001) |
"They're just driving and screaming and running, making the film come off as yet another teen-scream sequel." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato B- |
Joyeux Noël (2006) |
"Merry Christmas is long and ponderous, but for a few moments, its heavy hand is refreshingly light and agile, and you feel something other than frustration." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B+ |
Ju-On: The Grudge (2004) |
"The shocks are inventive and frequently unnerving ... and the script's too intricate for the contradictions to be anything but deliberate." |
M.E. Russell |
Tomato B- |
Jumper (2008) |
"It may be mindless and sexless and humorless, but Jumper jumps." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B+ |
Junebug (2005) |
"Wonderful performances and the director's continual inventiveness make Junebug a particularly promising first feature." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
Jurassic Park III (2001) |
"Maybe if you're younger than 10 you'll be scared or thrilled by this film. Otherwise, be prepared for one of the most unexciting pictures this summer." |
Kim Morgan |
Splat C |
Just Like Heaven (2005) |
"Finally: Ghost without the thrills or laughs! That describes the utterly toothless Just Like Heaven." |
M.E. Russell |
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