Tomato A- |
Babel (2006) |
"Babel is about lack of communication, per its title, and that theme resonates through Inarritu's four stories on levels both global and personal." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
Baby Mama (2008) |
"Every time the movie feels like it's about to cross over into the realm of the genuinely inspired, something or someone slams on the brakes." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
The Bachelor (1999) |
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Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
Bad Boys II (2003) |
"For the most part, it's 'close-up, close-up, explosion, bullet, crash, crash, close-up.'" |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C- |
Bad Company (2002) |
"Bad Company somehow manages to become Bait-lite." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A |
Bad Santa (2003) |
"The script is imbued with a wicked wit [and] supplemented by a set of tremendous performances." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
Bait (2000) |
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Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Bandits (2001) |
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Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
The Banger Sisters (2002) |
"A delightful showcase for three entertaining actors." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A- |
The Barbarian Invasions (2003) |
""The history of mankind is a history of horrors," says Remy in one of his pontificating moods. So, we gather, is the history of this family." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C- |
Barbershop (2002) |
"The film didn't convince me that Calvin Jr.'s Barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of Chicago's South Side." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Basic (2003) |
"A neat parlor trick of a movie, fast and exciting while it plays, funny and frivolous when it's over." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A |
Batman Begins (2005) |
"A great movie, the best of the summer and the year so far, assuring that the trend of comic-book-to-screen adaptation trend will not only continue, but continue vigorously." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C- |
Bats (1999) |
"Director Louis Morneau tries to liven things up with some intentional humor, but it is so conventional it doesn't really go anywhere." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A |
The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003) |
"Project Greenlight or not, I don't care. This is beautiful, glorious, a masterpiece." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat D- |
Battlefield Earth (2000) |
"Scientologist or not, this is as inane as summer blockbusters get." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Be Kind Rewind (2008) |
"Alternately so whacked out as to be inaccessible, and so sweet and naïve as to be irresistible." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
The Beach (2000) |
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Eugene Novikov |
Splat B- |
A Beautiful Mind (2001) |
"Neither aesthetically pleasing ... nor intelligent." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
Bedazzled (2000) |
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Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A- |
Before Sunset (2004) |
"There is no way for Jesse and Celine to ever recreate their Vienna fling. The real question is whether they should bother trying." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
Behind Enemy Lines (2001) |
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Eugene Novikov |
Tomato 9/10 |
Being John Malkovich (1999) |
"Being John Malkovich proves, the people behind the enigma we know as Hollywood really should be institutionalized." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A- |
The Believer (2002) |
"An eccentric, difficult film, posing questions it can't answer, expecting viewers to be satisfied -- nay, fulfilled -- by a conflict with no resolution." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
Beloved (1998) |
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Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Below (2002) |
"Exciting and direct, with ghost imagery that shows just enough to keep us on our toes." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Bend It Like Beckham (2003) |
"Only the most curmudgeonly among us will find it within themselves to actually dislike this movie." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Beowulf (2007) |
"This isn't your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother's Beowulf." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato 3/4 |
Besieged (1998) |
"An involving, artful love story and a meditative look at lives lost and lives gained as one moves to a higher social existence." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
Best in Show (2000) |
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Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
The Best Thief In The World (2005) |
"...beautifully ambiguous and filled with apparent discontinuities..." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
Better Luck Tomorrow (2003) |
"Unique, highly entertaining, completely uncompromising and terrifically acted." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
Bewitched (2005) |
"Almost unprofessional." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat D+ |
Beyond Borders (2003) |
"An idiotic love story with a backdrop of three different countries all containing starving people, Angelina Jolie's humanitarian vanity project is long, ridiculous, and morally repulsive to boot, a capital-I Issue in search of a story." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C- |
Beyond the Sea (2004) |
"Claims its place in the pantheon of shallow, smug, sycophantic biopic disasters." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato 8/10 |
Bicentennial Man (1999) |
"This isn't a perfect movie, but it entertains and touches the heart, and it's certainly a big step up from Patch Adams." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
The Big Bounce (2004) |
"Too often a dead zone, robbing its star of his greatest weapon: the ability to nail smart, punchy dialogue." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C- |
Big Daddy (1999) |
"The laughs are few and far between and the movie never succeeds in developing any sort of dramatic tension. I expected better from Sandler, even though I've seen far worse from him." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat D- |
Big Fat Liar (2002) |
"The movie thinks it's being funny simply by throwing concepts up on the screen." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A |
Big Fish (2003) |
"Moving and powerful in the way that only a Tim Burton movie can be, operating at the highest emotional pitch but with sentimentality turned way down low." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
The Big Kahuna (1999) |
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Eugene Novikov |
- |
Big Momma's House (2000) |
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Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008) |
"A wise, engaging, and astoundingly comprehensive look at the steroid 'controversy.'" |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Biker Boyz (2003) |
"People will complain about Biker Boyz, but I defy anyone to make a better movie about motorcycle racing clubs." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
Billy Elliot (2000) |
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Eugene Novikov |
Tomato 5/5 |
The Birds (1963) |
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Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Birthday Girl (2002) |
"A cool little genre-hopper that will end its theatrical run before you can say "Nicole Kidman?"" |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
Black and White (1999) |
"A lot is thrown on the screen and most of it hits home." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A |
Black Hawk Down (2001) |
"A film of astonishing power." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Black Sheep (2007) |
"Anyone who can wring repeated laughs out of a simple "Ba-a-a-a-a" is okay by me." |
Eugene Novikov |
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