Tomato B- |
Cabin Fever (2003) |
"Plenty of fun, but I found myself wishing it was more horror and less comedy." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A- |
Caché (2005) |
"I was expecting a spooky mystery about a family terrorized by a diabolical stalker. I got something even better." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
Calendar Girls (2003) |
"Even as the rest of the movie begins to go south, you can still count on Helen Mirren hitting us with those perfectly sardonic line deliveries." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
Capote (2005) |
"Miller rallies in a big way in the last half hour, giving us a conclusion that's strong, intricate, perfectly logical, and heartbreaking." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Capturing the Friedmans (2003) |
"A pretty unremarkable film about a remarkable situation." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Cars (2006) |
"Has all the charm of the Pixar canon, though little of the emotional resonance and clear thinking of their best films." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Cassandra's Dream (2008) |
"If Cassandra's Dream doesn't have the heft of Match Point, mostly due to an ending that tries too hard, I'd argue that it's a much more human film." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Cast Away (2000) |
"This isn't a first time a long-awaited movie has turned out to be a crushing disappointment and it won't be the last, but the loss is made even more wrenching when one considers how little it would have taken to make Cast Away a great movie." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
Catch a Fire (2006) |
"There's a lot to process here -- to its credit, the film is ambiguous in its treatment of violent terrorism to fight apartheid -- but nothing hits on an emotional level." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A- |
Catch Me If You Can (2002) |
"Frank Abagnale is soooooo cool." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
Catch That Kid (2004) |
"Simply the kind of movie that people see, shrug, and move on from. Even the kids." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Cats & Dogs (2001) |
"The 90 minutes go by fast, and this is adequate family entertainment" |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat D- |
Catwoman (2004) |
"There isn't an original bone in its body, but that isn't even the problem: no one in the production had any idea how to rip off better films with any degree of competence." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
The Caveman's Valentine (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A |
The Cell (2000) |
"Writer Mark Protosevich and director Tarsem Singh, both making their feature debut, have crafted the year's first masterpiece, an insanely ambitious movie that miraculously fulfills every one of its ambitions." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Cellular (2004) |
"Mileage may vary, but if the idea of William H. Macy beating up someone roughly twice his size sounds like a hoot, then this may be just the movie you were looking for." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Changeling (2008) |
"It's long and messy, covering all the bases and then some, but it's also fantastically entertaining. Its 140 minutes feel more like 90." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
Changing Lanes (2002) |
"Too smart to pander to the instincts that would demand a hanging-by-the-fingernails climax." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) |
"Burton gets off to a great start but then lets his movie deflate, disappointingly, until little is left except a gaudy, admittedly imaginative circus." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
Charlie Bartlett (2007) |
"Charlie Bartlett is rated R but is perfect, even salutary for young teens and older tweens. It's sincere, unabashedly positive, smart and funny -- a supernaturally rare combination." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat D+ |
Charlie's Angels (2000) |
"A virtual big-budget explosion? Yes. A spectacle of three great actresses making fools of themselves? Sure. MTV-worthy martial arts monages that shamelessly rip off The Matrix? Yessireebob. But a movie? No. Not for an instant." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) |
"But if we must be subjected to installment after installment of the ludicrously high-kicking hottie agents, can they all be like "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle," and as unlike the first 2000 revival as possible? Please?" |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
Charlotte's Web (2006) |
"It doesn't turn E.B. White into a travesty, but it manages to make him border on inane." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat D+ |
Chasing Liberty (2004) |
"Standard-issue romantic comedy fluff, its soundtrack overstuffed with alt-rock ditties, its plot crawling toward the inevitable "it was all a bet/a trick/a lie" confrontation." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) |
"I am hard-pressed to come up with a reason why anyone should make a special trip to see this frivolous, formulaic comedy, but I also cannot in good conscience condemn it." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
Chicago (2002) |
"I wondered at times if these people had even seen the show, or if they were just working from the script and sheet music." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A- |
Chicken Run (2000) |
"A sharp, witty movie that finally answers the age-old question: what do chickens do when you're not looking?" |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A |
Children of Men (2006) |
"Cuaron is proving to be the real thing. It's tremendously exciting to watch." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
Chocolat (2000) |
"A well-made but hokey, shameless movie inexplicably awarded a Best Picture nomination." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
The Chorus (2005) |
"In the complete absence of distinguishing story features, it is pure craftsmanship." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
Christmas with the Kranks (2004) |
"Does an outrageous about-face, neatly dismantling anything of potential worth and coming out with a monumentally phony Christmas moral." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A- |
Chronicles of Riddick (2004) |
"A virtuoso exercise in world creation, a plot-heavy epic that's like a breath of fresh air in a time when movie stars and high concepts pass for science-fiction." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat 9/10 |
The Cider House Rules (1999) |
"Meandering and unfocused." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
Cinderella Man (2005) |
"There is nothing to discover and nothing to feel." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Cinemania (2003) |
"What keeps it from being great, I think, is that these folks' cinemania comes through, but their cinephilia does not." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato 5/5 |
Citizen Kane (1941) |
"Duh." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
City by the Sea (2002) |
"There is a better way to approach this material." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
City of Ghosts (2003) |
"It's slow, but on the other hand, it's not interesting." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
City of God (2003) |
"A textbook example of how to tackle a tough subject and not make a pretentious movie." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
A Civil Action (1998) |
"The film is so daring because it features a protagonist that we cannot and do not sympathize with." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A |
The Clearing (2004) |
"A splendid kidnapping thriller, but its craftsmanship might obscure a subtle, affecting meditation on loss and redemption." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
Clerks II (2006) |
"Clerks II has at last put Kevin Smith on my radar." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat D |
Click (2006) |
"The only thing about this movie I didn't hate was Hasselhoff.
" |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Cloverfield (2008) |
"It's a hell of a visceral experience -- but it's a purely visceral experience, apparently to the point of causing some viewers to vomit. Unless you're one of those unfortunate few, you'll soon forget the details." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Coach Carter (2005) |
"Predictable, schmaltzy, and old as the hills, but so well-made that it is a sort of triumph." |
Eugene Novikov |
D+ |
Cock & Bull Story (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
Code 46 (2004) |
"Features a vast, haunting vision of a not-so-distant future -- one so intricate that the character story it is meant to buttress plays second fiddle to its fascinating detail." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004) |
"He obsessively contrives his characters and situations to work toward something -- a point, a message, a statement." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Cold Creek Manor (2003) |
"Indescribably gorgeous... You don't have to watch it, but you gotta see it." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Cold Mountain (2003) |
"It may be Oscar bait, but if so, it's the weirdest Oscar bait in many moons.
" |
Eugene Novikov |
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