Lady in the Water (2006)

"It's silly. It's just silly, and it's a shame."

The Lake House (2006)

"The resolution, which attempts elegance and grace, is too abrupt and ill-considered to work either logically or emotionally."

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

"Seems like a colossally bad movie, but in reality it's just not colossal enough."

Lars And The Real Girl (2007)

"What's interesting is the way that what begins as a joke -- the denizens of Lars' sleepy northern town being forced to treat Bianca as a human being -- ends up at the heart of the film."

Last Holiday (2006)

"Traps a nice character and a lovely performance in a morass of stupid contrivances and useless complications."

The Last Mimzy (2007)

"With The Last Mimzy coming on the heels of Bridge to Terabithia, I am tempted to declare that we are witnessing nothing less than a family film renaissance."

The Last Samurai (2003)

"Cruise crushes this movie under his weight, pushing everything interesting to the fringes of the frame."

Laws of Attraction (2004)

"Boo."

Lean on Me (1989)

"Watchable but formulaic tough-love-teacher movie, made perhaps before Morgan Freeman could get himself better roles."

Legally Blonde (2001)

"A featherweight romp that wants to flaunt stereotypes but instead winds up reaffirming them."

The Legend of 1900 (1998)

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Legend of Suriyothai (2003)

"Unabashedly sentimental and unambiguous, hailing the titular princess as a saintly hero at every opportunity, and painting good and evil characters without shades of gray."

Les Miserables (1998)

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Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)

"Joins Gallipoli and Black Hawk Down on a spare list of works that try to deal with war on its own terms rather than Hollywood's."

Life (1999)

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Life Is Beautiful (1998)

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Life or Something Like It (2002)

"Making a "feather-light" comedy isn't an excuse for making a bad movie."

Lightning Bug

"Everything's painted in the broadest of strokes and the autobiographical story never takes on a modicum of authenticity."

Lilo & Stitch (2002)

"A half-hearted effort by Disney's traditional animation department."

The Limey (1999)

"I have no problem when films refuse to be constricted by the linearity of time, but I do take exception to movies that decide to play around with it for no reason other than to confuse the viewer."

Lions for Lambs (2007)

"Jesus Christ, Redford, if you wanted to make a feature-length cinematic editorial, why didn't you just go balls-out and have done with it?"

Little Children (2006)

"Compelling in the way it explores the notion that adults always cruelly use children for their own ends."

The Longest Yard (2005)

"An utter blank, so weak, gutless, and unsurprising that it may as well not exist."

The Lookout (2007)

"In the middle of a hectic festival day, it made time stop, and sent me into a contemplative haze... It's one of my favorite films of the year."

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

"You can almost hear a maniacal, frizzy-haired Peter Jackson screaming "Behold!" from behind the screen."