P.S. Your Cat is Dead! (2002)

"In 1975, the idea of a straight man tying up a gay burglar was exotic, darkly humorous and sexually charged. In director/star Steve Guttenberg's new film version, it comes off as no big deal."

The Painted Veil (2006)

"A handsome but suffocating adaptation of a W. Somerset Maugham novel."

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

"The film is impressively acted all around."

Paper Clips (2004)

"Paper Clips isn't the slickest documentary you'll ever see, or the shrewdest or the most dramatic. But it could be the most moving."

Paper Heart (2009)

"Paper Heart isn't the most cloying instance of earnest indie quirk to emerge in the past few months, nor is it the most charming, but the mere fact that such a continuum exists is reason enough to worry."

Paranoid Park (2008)

"Speaking generically, Paranoid Park is the 12th feature film from Portland director Gus Van Sant and his fourth in a row that might be called, for want of a better term, arty."

Paris Blues (1961)

"Newman is terrific in the picture, running both hot and cool, but he's upstaged by Woodward, who delivers stunning and surprising emotion in the final scenes. It's really worth seeing."

The Passion of the Christ (2004)

"In expressing his own blend of masochism and piety, Mel Gibson may well have created a Jesus uniquely apt for our time: bloodied, tormented, alienated and alone."

Patch Adams (1998)

"Over-determined, heartlessly manipulative!"

The Patriot (2000)

"The Patriot becomes just another, albeit better, Emmerich picture:"

Pauline and Paulette (2002)

"A perfectly charming, disarmingly moving little film."

Payback (1999)

"It feels more like a lousy Christopher Lambert thriller: all bad jokes, lampoonish villains and gory violence."

Peaceful Warrior (2006)

"You might be better off reading the book and imagining [Nick] Nolte as Socrates."

Penelope (2008)

"In the wake of Juno comes another movie with a plucky teen protagonist who's got a mind of her own and refuses to live in shame because of her peculiar physical condition."

The Perfect Crime (2005)

"De la Iglesia is a mercilessly agile talent, turning his department store into its own little film-noir cityscape, only with better lighting and perfume samples."

The Perfect Score (2004)

"It's Ocean's Eleven for people who can't count past six."

Perfect Stranger (2007)

"The weak mystery story massages you into indifference, then tries to clock you with one fungo bat of a loopy twist that leaves you questioning not reality, but why you just spent 109 minutes trying to give a darn."

Persepolis (2007)

"Persepolis represents a novel kind of animated feature and a worthy addition to the growing canon of fine films made from graphic novels."

Peter Pan (2003)

"This Pan is sure to win over anybody who enjoyed Pirates of the Caribbean, another rousing romp in which swordplay, cannon fire and peril were played for kicks."

The Pianist (2002)

"The film that results is less ambitious than Steven Spielberg's groundbreaking Schindler's List, with which it inevitably shares some material, but it is more personal and, perhaps, more stirring."

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2006)

"It's one thing to make an audience sweat a bit to ferret out a plot, or piece together visual clues in order to comprehend a film. But it's quite another to dunk such richly imagined pictures in such a thick coat of shadow."

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2007)

"Overdramatizes Albert's 24-year career."

Pineapple Express (2008)

"Pineapple Express is so filled with verve and wit for much of its running time that it's depressing to watch it devolve into genuine foolishness and borderline incoherence in its final act."

Pirate Radio (2009)

"Inevitably, given this cast, there are a few actorly moments worth savoring, and the clothes some of the characters wear delight. But this is, quite simply, as bad a film as you could ever fear to see."

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

"Climb aboard and have fun, by all means. But don't be surprised if you feel a little marooned when it's over."