Splat C- |
Face Off (1997) |
"After seeing this numbing action flick, I'm still stumped what all the hype is about. So many critics and viewers arond the country marveled at this movie, but for what? It's not a horrible movie, but it certainly isn't very good." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
Factory Girl (2007) |
"Plays like it was dragged kicking and screaming into a traditional biopic structure." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
Fade to Black (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato No Grade |
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
"Right now, in the summer of 2004, Fahrenheit 9/11 is an absolute good." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
Fall from Grace (2007) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
The Family Stone (2005) |
"A terrific screwball comedy in its own right, like a more erudite Meet the Parents." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Fantastic Four (2005) |
"Fantastic Four is what it is, and I'm okay with what it is." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A- |
Far From Heaven (2002) |
"This kind of project often becomes merely a film school exercise; Far From Heaven is much more." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
Fast & Furious (2009) |
"Any suggestions for the title of fifth film? How about Fast & Furious: I'm Gonna Kick Your Ass? Or, no, I know: Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
The Fast and the Furious (2001) |
"The Fast and the Furious really does do some neat things with cars." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
The Fast Runner (2002) |
"This particular emperor, methinks, is naked." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
Felicia's Journey (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
Femme Fatale (2002) |
"I don't know if this is a Lynch satire or just a piss-poor imitation, but it's spectacularly funny either way." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
Fever Pitch (1996) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A- |
Fever Pitch (2005) |
"The best Hollywood rom-com since My Best Friend's Wedding." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
Fierce Creatures (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
Fight Club (1999) |
"My main problem with Fight Club is that its mood and screenplay suggest an important film with something socially significant to say when in reality it's paper-thin stuff." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
The Fighting Temptations (2003) |
"There are a number of things it does right -- among them the hiring of poor, talented Jonathan Lynn to direct -- but none of them have even the potential to transcend the overwhelming inanity of the plot, which is one part cliche and two parts complete id" |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
Final Destination (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Final Destination 2 (2003) |
"It's some sort of classic." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
Final Destination 3 (2006) |
"The series has gotten to the point where there is now effectively Nothing to See Here." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) |
"Final Fantasy works better as a 2-hour demo reel than as movie, a showcase of what we can do and what we can do better." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C- |
Finding Forrester (2000) |
"It is a film about intelligence in unlikely places that, paradoxically, requires you to check your brain at the door." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Finding Nemo (2003) |
"Isn't quite as clever and wonderful as we've come to expect. Even as such, it remains pretty clever and wonderful." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Finding Neverland (2004) |
"A fine, pleasant film that's intent on making grown men cry. At any cost." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
Flags of Our Fathers (2006) |
"Forgets what's truly important." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Flicka (2006) |
"I doubt... that Mayer, who fills the film with many unexpectedly lovely, lyrical moments, would have chosen to set Flicka's wrenching emotional centerpiece to a hideously maudlin, ear-piercing country song." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
Flight of the Phoenix (2004) |
"It is not a very good film, but at least there is something going on here, most of the time." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
The Flower of Evil (2003) |
"Story is all soap opera, but the amount of mileage Chabrol gets from it is fairly impressive, exploring the ways that family lines pass crimes from generation to generation." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat D+ |
Flyboys (2006) |
"Having now seen this and next week's The Guardian consecutively, I could write a thesis on what happens when reliable movie conventions become hideous excesses." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
Focus (2001) |
"Focus may not be an important film, but it's an easy pill to swallow." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
The Fog of War (2003) |
"Interesting enough, but hardly a work of documentarial integrity -- for my part, I wanted to physically shield McNamara from Morris's mischievous slash-and-burn." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Foolish (1999) |
"What would inspire someone who cannot write or act to pen and star in a movie?" |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato 3/4 |
For Love of the Game (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
For Your Consideration (2006) |
"Doesn't fail to amuse -- Guest and Co.'s jabs at the movie industry are often as sharp as you'd expect -- but the sum of its parts is hollow, oddly toothless." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) |
"Minkoff and Fusco blur the line between homage and laziness." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C- |
Forces of Nature (1999) |
"As she demonstrates in Forces of Nature, [Bullock] is a much more versatile, capable and entertaining actress than she's been given credit for." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
The Forgotten (2004) |
"With my plausibility sensor safely disengaged, The Forgotten was a workout for my imagination." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
Formula 51 (2002) |
"The presence of one of our greatest actors making fun of himself is just about conceals the film's fundamental dullness." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat D+ |
The Forsaken (2001) |
"Some movies don't need to be analyzed, just watched. This is not one of those movies because it didn't entertain me. It bored me, and when I am bored I get cranky." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
Four Brothers (2005) |
"A good film buried under heaps of excess." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C- |
Four Christmases (2008) |
"The nonsensical result of shoehorning the same damn message into every 'holiday' movie, year after year." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat D |
The Four Feathers (2002) |
"A shapeless, sloppy, incoherent mess." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
Frailty (2002) |
"...actually misleads you into thinking it's good." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
Freaky Friday (2003) |
"Someone actually sat down and thought about this." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Freddy vs. Jason (2003) |
"Wittier than your average horror movie, smarter than your average horror movie, and much stranger than your average horror movie." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Freedom Writers (2007) |
"A spirited and awfully engaging rendition of the ancient Dangerous Minds formula." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C- |
Freedomland (2005) |
"It began as a moody, dark thriller and made an abrupt about-face to become a message movie, but at that point there was nothing in its dramatic arsenal." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato 9/10 |
Frequency (2000) |
"Frequency is at once a crowd pleaser, an intelligent thriller and a heartfelt drama." |
Eugene Novikov |
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