Tomato A-
V For Vendetta (2005)
"Unlike The Matrix, V for Vendetta puts its ideological intent first, and happens to provide smashing entertainment only as a vehicle for delivering its message."
Shawn Levy
Tomato B+
Valentin (2004)
"An affecting coming-of-age story with universal appeal."
Marc Mohan
Valentino: the Last Emperor (2009)
"You wouldn't necessarily want to be Valentino, but this sprightly film may make you nostalgic for a life you've never lived."
Tomato C+
The Valet (2007)
"With so much potential, The Valet is disappointingly flat and wan, with few of the moments of cringe-and-laughter-inducing mortification that are Veber's stock in trade."
Splat
Valiant (2005)
"Valiant is competently done and harmless enough to entertain the tots. It's just that the movie's kind of ... sparse."
M.E. Russell
Valkyrie (2008)
"The film is a minor Christmas miracle: It succeeds on its own terms, despite the gossip hounds' best blood-sniffing efforts, and dares to be an entertainment rather than a statement."
Tomato
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
"Though the action can be static, this film is fun, even challenging."
Kim Morgan
Splat C-
Van Helsing (2004)
"If an eardrum-damaging score and people getting routinely slammed into stone walls at a 100 miles an hour without so much as chipping a tooth is your idea of a good time, then Van Helsing won't disappoint."
Karen Karbo
Vanilla Sky (2001)
"Perversely rewarding, difficult, even torturous, but beautifully made and distinctly nagging."
Tomato B
Vanity Fair (2004)
"A lively retelling of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic tale."
Tomato B-
Vantage Point (2008)
"For the most part, the film races boldly past this material, but it never quite transcends it. Still, it's good fun while the clock is ticking back and forth."
Vengo (2001)
"An often soul-stirring experience showcasing some of the best flamenco artists in the world."
Venus (2006)
"O'Toole is absolutely magnificent ..."
Vera Drake (2004)
"In absorbing drama and staggering emotions, it renders an issue too often seen as black or white in heartbreaking gray."
Veronica Guerin (2003)
"Manages to tell the story in generally taut, credible fashion, rising frequently on the strength of a gallery of fine performances even when the screenwriting becomes ordinary and Schumacher's touch becomes, as so often, crude and obvious."
Vertical Limit (2000)
"One of the most wearisome 'high adrenaline' movies to come along in a while."
Vertigo (1958)
"Vertigo is an acknowledged masterpiece, one of those narrative films in which a bracing and unpredictable story has been distilled into a form that is at once classic and inventive."
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
"The sort of film Eric Rohmer might make if he were ever in a chipper mood: sincere, delicately funny, a little staid, a little precious, and more interested in the ebb and flow of the heart than in the dubious rewards of sensational narrative twists."
View from the Top (2003)
"If it were an airline meal, it would infect you with E. coli. If it were a parachute, it would be riddled with holes."
Splat C+
The Village (2004)
"Thriller is hardly the word for this tedious exercise in clue-hiding."
The Village Barbershop (2009)
"t's the friendly, occasionally touching chemistry between Ratzenberger and Cole that makes The Village Barbershop likable on its own terms."
Stan Hall
Virgil Bliss (2002)
"Although some of the secondary roles are awkwardly acted, the leads are impressive."
Splat C
Virgin (2003)
"Moss' performance is solid, but undone by the palsied hand-held camerawork and the script's general lack of focus."
The Visitor (2008)
"Small but sincere."
Vitus (2007)
"Its heart is never anywhere but in the right place."
Volver (2006)
"Whatever the director asks of Cruz she delivers with poise and sincerity. It's easily her finest work, and one of the year's best performances."
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