Tomato |
O (2001) |
"An odd teen drama that works in its curious remoteness." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato B+ |
O'Horten (2009) |
"Director Bent Hamer keeps things drily amusing throughout." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato B |
Observe and Report (2009) |
"I'm not sure how many lovable schlubs Rogen agreed to play in Judd Apatow comedies to get this dark little piece made, but I'm delighted he took the risk." |
Mike Russell |
Splat C |
Ocean's Thirteen (2007) |
"With so many events, you kinda had to be there. And Ocean's Thirteen never manages to give us the sense that we are." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
Ocean's Twelve (2004) |
"The movie is an incredible exercise in style, a real movie-lover's movie." |
M.E. Russell |
Splat C+ |
Off the Map (2005) |
"You can't get past the knowledge that you've seen it all before, and often better." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B+ |
Offside (2006) |
"It's a spirited, feisty, bouncy film, with little feel of contrivance." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat F- |
Old Dogs (2009) |
"Really, what it affirms is that studio executives are already making movies for the future-audience from Idiocracy." |
Mike Russell |
Tomato B |
Old Joy (2006) |
"Though I found Old Joy to be a little chillier and more opaque then I might have wished, I was absorbed in the mood, the tempo and the sense of leaning forward and searching for meanings." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
Old School (2003) |
"With little cohesion and no respect for the editing process, Old School often feels like someone threw film clips on the floor and strung them together willy-nilly." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato |
Oldboy (2005) |
"Oldboy is startling and amazing -- a cinematic hammer to the skull." |
M.E. Russell |
Tomato B- |
Oliver Twist (2005) |
"A movie that's beautifully acted, with an eye for drab period detail." |
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Splat |
The Omen (2006) |
"Transplanting so much of the original story to a 21st-century setting only amplifies how badly the story has aged." |
Mike Russell |
Tomato B |
On A Clear Day (2006) |
"Mullan makes the journey more than worthwhile, but don't go in expecting profundity." |
Mike Russell |
Tomato |
On the Line (2001) |
"Both guys do what they can with paper-thin material. Unlike many seasoned actors, in fact, they don't totally embarrass themselves." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato A- |
Once (2007) |
"Once, a film so sweet, unassuming, real, surefooted and warm that you might find yourself loving it as you would a person, is a bare-bones boy-meets-girl story." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006) |
"... the film is bursting with astonishing old footage, hip tunes, vivid interviews and you-couldn't- make-it-up anecdotes." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
Once Upon a Time in China (1991) |
"A kind of splendid mishmash of crude history, action-movie cliches and stunning photography, editing and fight choreography." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) |
"You ride along with a movie like this with a big, dumb grin on your face and no guilt." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2003) |
"Limp melodrama." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
The One (2001) |
"Although Li is a pleasure to watch and a few scenes stand out, it's disappointing to see him watered down with cheap spectacle." |
Kim Morgan |
Splat |
One Hour Photo (2002) |
"Ultimately well-made but only intermittently gripping." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B+ |
One Missed Call (2003) |
"Even with nothing at stake emotionally, though, he conjures some real scares." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato |
One Night at McCool's (2001) |
"A brisk and sometimes bizarre comedy; funny, yet able to accommodate several sudden deaths comfortably." |
Ted Mahar |
Splat C+ |
Ong Bak 2 (2009) |
"You can only get so mad at a movie in which a large crowd cheers and the lone subtitle reads "Hooray." With a period." |
Mike Russell |
Tomato B+ |
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2005) |
"For the first time in years, the simple awe that made movies like Supercop so memorable is back." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato B- |
Only Human (2006) |
"Offers passing amusements, for sure, but the gap between its brilliant potential and its final execution is frustrating." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
Only the Strong Survive (2003) |
"Lacks context, depth and a sense of purpose." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
Open Hearts (2003) |
"As the characters' hearts are buffeted by fate, resilient and changeable and raw as they are, we take an enormous interest in how they end up." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B |
Open Water (2004) |
"Like The Blair Witch Project, to which it's rightfully compared, Open Water is a fascinating experiment in both filmmaking technology and narrative style, but one that can be counted a success only in limited ways." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato |
Open Your Eyes (1997) |
"There is no problem accepting star Eduardo Noriega, an unknown on these shores, saying and doing things that look ridiculous when performed by Cruise." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
Orange County (2002) |
"Thanks to White, Orange County often is very good, containing more intelligent ideas than previews would lead you to believe." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato |
The Order of Myths (2008) |
"[A] beautifully restrained, intelligent documentary about how complicated race relations can be in the modern South." |
Stan Hall |
Tomato |
The Original Kings of Comedy (2000) |
"The Original Kings of Comedy is no masterpiece and it may not break new ground, but it's virtually guaranteed to put a grin on your face." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat C |
Orphan (2009) |
"It takes too long to get started, it pulls some key punches, its dialogue is deeply uninteresting, it relies way too heavily on endless jump-scares and its finale is pure slasher-flick formula." |
Mike Russell |
Tomato A- |
The Orphanage (2007) |
"As if more proof were needed that the best way to make a scary movie is through atmosphere, pacing and storytelling, rather than sudden violence, needless gore and random shocks, here comes The Orphanage." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato A- |
Osama (2003) |
"It's a painful film about religious issues made with sufficiently compelling craft that you can't look away even as you are appalled." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
Osmosis Jones (2001) |
"Not all the puns go over, but the film is fun and, actually, slightly message-driven." |
Kim Morgan |
Splat |
OT: Our Town (2003) |
"Though not spectacularly directed, there are enough moments of humor and poignancy to keep you engaged." |
Kim Morgan |
Splat D+ |
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) |
"A mild disaster." |
M.E. Russell |
Tomato |
Our City Dreams (2009) |
"Chiara Clemente's well-crafted, accessible film gives interesting looks at five acclaimed New York female artists of distinctively different ages, media and background." |
Stan Hall |
Tomato B+ |
Our Daily Bread (2006) |
"Difficult to sit through, Our Daily Bread is nonetheless an important record, invaluable for those with the courage to watch it." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato |
Our Lady of the Assassins (2001) |
"It's not necessarily the 'reality' that makes Assassins so compelling, it's the decisions Fernando makes on his way to the supposed coffin." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato |
Out of Time (2003) |
"What Out of Time lacks in logic, coherence and plausibility, it compensates for, more or less, with the dazzling charisma of its star, Denzel Washington, and the brisk, frisky pace imposed on the proceedings by director Carl Franklin." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B |
Outrage (2009) |
"The result is persuasive but incomplete. Dick is working here as a journalist, and the story is far from fully unfolded. Still, what he proffers will keep you thinking, talking and engaged." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
Outside Providence (1999) |
"Clumsily pitched and presented!" |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato A- |
Over the Hedge (2006) |
"A pure comic delight: handsome, smart, quick and, blessedly, building as it progresses to climax in some truly hilarious gags." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
Overnight (2004) |
"So it's a happy ending, then: The obnoxious creep gets smacked down in public. The trouble is, to get that warm feeling, you have to spend time with Duffy." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
Owning Mahowny (2003) |
"It's just one of many Hoffman portraits that are painfully real and brilliantly textured." |
Kim Morgan |
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