Tomato |
Tadpole (2002) |
"Tadpole is short, charming, well-directed and impressively acted, particularly by Stanford." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato |
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) |
"For fans of New Korean Cinema with strong stomachs for violence and melodrama, there's a lot to love." |
M.E. Russell |
Tomato |
The Tailor of Panama (2001) |
"The picture is intriguing, and campy enough to be purposely funny." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato |
The Take (2004) |
"A well-made, informative look at events during and after the 2001 collapse of the Argentine economy." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato A- |
Take My Eyes (2006) |
"The direction and performances acknowledge a lack of easy answers for these complex, flawed characters, while subtly indicting the roots of domestic violence in the Spanish culture of machismo." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato B |
Take the Lead (2006) |
"Despite the fact that Take the Lead gets the cliche-o-meter ticking like a Geiger counter at Hanford, the movie is very entertaining. The kids are gorgeous. The dancing's fun to watch. Banderas is compact and cool." |
M.E. Russell |
Tomato B- |
Taken (2009) |
"Taken is a stripped-down action flick offering a single bloodlusty pleasure: You get to spend 90 minutes watching a world-class leading man cut a totally justified swath of violence through an army of central-casting scumbags." |
Mike Russell |
Splat D- |
Taking Lives (2004) |
"Really awful lady-cop- chasing-psycho- killer picture with dumb twists and dull dialogue aplenty." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B- |
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) |
"A moderately admired, moderately durable thriller-with-comedy about the hijacking of a New York City subway train." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B |
Taking Sides (2003) |
"Though it might have been a theatrical polemic, the picture becomes cinematic simply through Keitel and Skarsgard's very different visages -- two sights you never tire of looking at." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato B- |
Taking Woodstock (2009) |
"Dear-hearted but fuzzy in a way that unintentional mirrors the hippie aesthetic of the Woodstock festival, Lee's film is interested not so much in the massive concert as in the Catskill Mountains community which hosted it, however unwillingly." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003) |
"May move a bit slowly for American tastes, and the inexplicable bits may occasionally frustrate, but you slip into the rhythms of the film almost despite yourself." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) |
"Ripley, like Strangers, has Hitchcockian themes of doubling, guilt, desire and murder." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
Talk to Her (2002) |
"Almodovar walks an unsteady line and he knows it, showing us that compassion and delusion aren't too far removed, and powerfully, lend a surreal richness and beauty to life." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato B+ |
Talk to Me (2007) |
"A vibrant feel for its era and a genuine affection for its characters make the whole thing a solid evocation of a time and a life worth remembering." |
Marc Mohan |
Splat |
Tape (2001) |
"Linklater's direction -- all fidgety angles and superfluous motion -- tries vainly to goose and energize a situation that far too often is flat, unengaging and even repellent." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
Tarnation (2004) |
"A sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes frustrating, never less than convincing peek into a family that takes the fun out of dysfunction." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato A- |
Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) |
"A film like this remains important, both as an indictment of the present day and as a warning to future generations that the ends don't always justify the means." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato |
Taxidermia (2009) |
"For those who can handle it, a viewing is an experience not soon forgotten." |
Stan Hall |
Splat |
Team America: World Police (2004) |
"There is something in Team America: World Police to offend anyone, which is a good thing, but there's not quite enough to please everyone, which has to be reckoned a letdown." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat |
Tears of the Sun (2003) |
"Stylish pap that has the ill grace to think itself meaningful." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B+ |
Teeth (2008) |
"A smart and convincing film with a lot to say about the power of female sexuality and the cultural forces that try to stifle it." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B+ |
Teeth (2008) |
"A smart and convincing film with a lot to say about the power of female sexuality and the cultural forces that try to stifle it." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B+ |
Tekkon Kinkreet (2007) |
"For grown-ups who can let the story wash over them without asking too many questions, it's a treat." |
Marc Mohan |
Splat C+ |
Teknolust (2002) |
"The picture proves tiring, its pretty, color-coordinated images are like flipping through a funky fashion magazine." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato B+ |
Tell No One (2008) |
"Tell No One feels like a novel, rich with character and incident, unafraid to demand attention from its audience while unspooling a twisting, suspenseful story." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato B+ |
Tell Them Who You Are (2005) |
"As fascinating as all the film history is, the movie's core is the dynamic between a famous but distant parent and his child." |
Marc Mohan |
Splat C- |
The Ten (2007) |
"The problem here is that I harbor the quaint idea that comedy needs to make you laugh. And, sorry, if this makes you laugh, you're either high or easy or both." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B+ |
Ten Canoes (2007) |
"Despite dancing between a story and a story within a story, something seems simple and effortless about Ten Canoes. Director Rolf de Heer and his all-Yolngu cast offer a take on tribal life that's warm, funny and powerfully alive." |
Mike Russell |
Tomato B |
Ten Nights of Dreams (2008) |
"Looking for clear meaning and structured plots? Find another movie. If you're a fan of Asian-style cinematic wackiness, dig in." |
Stan Hall |
Tomato B- |
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006) |
"It's not especially well-crafted by director Liam Lynch, but many of its scenes are written and, especially, played with enthusiasm and verve by Black and his genially droll partner, Kyle Gass." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B- |
The Terminal (2004) |
"Hanks' perfectly rendered Navorski offsets the hogwash and makes the film's shortcomings bearable." |
Karen Karbo |
Tomato B- |
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) |
"As an action film it roars forward with agreeable, transporting energy." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B- |
Terminator Salvation (2009) |
"There are some impressive action scenes, most notably a lengthy chase scene involving a fuel-filled tanker trailer trying to outrun a flying hunter-killer drone over a canyon-spanning bridge." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato B- |
Tetro (2009) |
"Tetro is a maddening mix of the glorious and the inept." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) |
"Artfully documentarylike and shot under conditions that produced genuinely traumatized performances, the original Massacre eschews cheap thrills and attacks the psyche." |
Stan Hall |
Splat D+ |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) |
"For those who've seen the original, no surprises will be unearthed other than an altered story (not for the better) and more gore." |
Kim Morgan |
Tomato B |
Thank You For Smoking (2006) |
"It's filled with nice little moments of trenchant drollery, kind of like a really good political humor blog." |
Shawn Levy |
Splat C- |
The Clone Wars (2008) |
"Getting worked up over this is like getting worked up over a Saturday-morning cartoon. Unlike its predecessors, this one doesn't even try to aspire to myth. It aspires only to merchandising." |
Mike Russell |
Tomato B |
The Counterfeiters (2008) |
"The story has moments of great humanity and terrible brutality but comes off as a strange hybrid of espionage caper and concentration-camp movie." |
Stan Hall |
Tomato B- |
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) |
"Overall, this rehash, from the unheralded team of screenwriter David Scarpa and director Scott Derrickson, is better than expected, updating and revising its inspiration in often interesting ways." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato B+ |
The Doctor's Horrible Experiment (1958) |
"Turns out to be one of the best movie versions of the classic story." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B- |
The Duchess of Langeais (2008) |
"Even though it's nearly 2 1/2 hours, unfolds in flashback and derives from Balzac, then, The Duchess of Langeais is among Rivette's more succinct and approachable works." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato A- |
The Fallen Idol (1948) |
"A gripping film which, despite the annoying rugrat, demonstrates how part of leaving childhood behind is learning how and when to lie, and to do it well." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato B+ |
The Man You Had in Mind (2006) |
"The overall impression is that long-term gay relationships are somehow heroic, and while that's no more the case than in the straight world, there are enough sweet moments to make this homegrown film worth catching." |
Grant Butler |
Tomato |
The Polar Express (2004) |
"It's a kind, gentle and sweet holiday confection." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B |
The Signal (2007) |
"The film suffers slightly from diminishing returns -- its first third is by far its scariest -- but it's still a bold, artful take on a popular horror idea." |
M.E. Russell |
Splat C+ |
Then She Found Me (2008) |
"The plot, as hinted, goes strictly by the How April Got Her Groove Back book, but it must be said that the performances push it a notch above pedestrian." |
Marc Mohan |
Tomato |
There Will Be Blood (2007) |
"At its best, There Will Be Blood feels possessed of elements of Days of Heavhen, Chinatown and Lawrence of Arabia. And if it doesn't quite stand with those films, how remarkable that it can be mentioned alongside tem." |
Shawn Levy |
Tomato B |
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) |
"The result is a film that's more credible in its building blocks than in its whole. But, like all of Bier's work, it's never less than honest emotionally." |
Shawn Levy |
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