Tomato B+ |
S.W.A.T. (2003) |
"It can only meet you halfway: you have to be able to grin at this stuff, not sneer." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
S1m0ne (2002) |
"A remarkable movie, if only for effectively burying its theme beneath a good red herring." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
The Safety of Objects (2003) |
"One compelling story intertwined gracelessly with countless others ranging from mediocre to unspeakably idiotic." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
Sahara (2005) |
"Second-rate adventure.
" |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
Samia (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A- |
The Savages (2007) |
"Tamara Jenkins' sophomore outing is sharp, clear-eyed, uncondescending; a non-stop, non-guilty pleasure." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
Save the Last Dance (2001) |
"It's not courageous enough to deviate from the teen movie formula more than a smidgeon." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Saved! (2004) |
"Pretty fearless, at least until backing off somewhat in its closing minutes." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
Saving Grace (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat |
Saving Silverman (2001) |
"The jokes are overwhelmingly dumb, and not in a good way." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Saw (2004) |
"Saw is laughable, but it's worth laughing at." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat D+ |
Say It Isn't So (2001) |
"Tries for gross-out laughs but can't tell the difference between comedy and embarrassment." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Scary Movie (2000) |
"Scary Movie is a sporadically hilarious parody of teen horror movies that too frequently seems half-baked." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
Scary Movie 2 (2001) |
"Yes, there are laughs, but they're sporadic, with a lot of the jokes being regurgitated from the original." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
Scary Movie 3 (2003) |
"The only way to review these movies is to tell you whether or not they are funny. Scary Movie 3 is funny enough." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
School for Scoundrels (2006) |
"Thoroughly worthy of Todd Phillips, and appropriate for teenagers' dollars, hard-earned or otherwise." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
School of Rock (2003) |
"This isn't a movie about honor, or honesty, or even "being yourself;" instead, it's about not letting "the man" stop you from putting on a show. That's refreshing." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat D |
Scooby-Doo - The Movie (2002) |
"Both an excruciatingly lousy movie and a crushing betrayal of its charming source material." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
The Score (2001) |
"A good heist movie, flawed but thoroughly
competent, with an amazing cast and precise, almost
Mametian dialogue." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
The Scorpion King (2002) |
"This franchise could give Star Wars a run for its money if only head honcho Stephen Sommers... could get his act together" |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Scream 2 (1997) |
"I truly hope that Scream 2 proves to all of the doubters that horror movies are not all the same. They are not all equally bad, and by God, they are not all equally good. However, they don't get any better than Scream 2." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
Scream 3 (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
Screwed (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
The Sea Inside (2004) |
"It's best when it lets loose with its most lurid cliches, when the soundtrack soars and we see children frolicking as our beaming leading man goes off to fight for his death." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
The Sea That Thinks (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
Seabiscuit (2003) |
"The film stymied my every attempt to like it until I was forced to conclude that despite the pine-fresh smell it emits by virtue of its release date, it's just not very good." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
Secondhand Lions (2003) |
"A maudlin, disorganized family movie, throwing out so many platitudes and quasi-themes that I soon stopped trying to keep track and turned against it." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B- |
The Secret Life of Bees (2008) |
"Mostly, this is Hollywood excess the way I like to see it: skillfully done, and with a beating heart." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A |
The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003) |
"An exploration of family and fidelity hiding under a bizarre, surrealistic, sometimes impenetrable facade." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
Secret Window (2004) |
"With the gargantuan amount of talent invested in this production, it just seems churlish to quibble over details." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat D+ |
Semi-Pro (2008) |
"I am sick to death of the clueless, arrogant buffoon that Will Ferrell has made his stock-in-trade, and desperate to see the talented comic do something -- anything -- else." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C- |
Serendipity (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Seven (1995) |
"It's certainly unnerving -- gory and sometimes frightening -- but it's also fairly standard, even predictable." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
Seven Years in Tibet (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
Sex and the City - The Movie (2008) |
"I guess I can be most useful to this weekend's potential drag-alongs: it's not excruciating. I was never more than mildly annoyed." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
Sex Drive (2008) |
"A thoroughly clichéd virginity-deadline teen comedy with none of American Pie's trangsressiveness (it's hard, these days) and little of Superbad's intelligence." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
Sexy Beast (2001) |
"Isn't nearly as interesting as it thinks it is." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
Shade (2004) |
"Good fun for those who like Mametian con-inside-a-con-inside-a-con trickery." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A- |
Shadow of the Vampire (2000) |
"Unusual and delightful." |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
Shaft (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B+ |
Shakespeare in Love (1998) |
"It is a mature, adult romantic comedy, with enough swashbuckling, humor and love scenes to keep everyone interested." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato 7/10 |
Shanghai Noon (2000) |
"[Chan]'s not only a great martial artist but he's a hell of an actor too." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato B |
The Shape of Things (2003) |
"What seemed at first to be gross cluelessness became sly calculation; what I saw as blunt moralizing I now perceived as a neat moral reversal." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
Shark Tale (2004) |
"Everyone knows what the typical Will Smith character sounds like, and anyone who doesn't want to listen to it magnified three-fold for 90 minutes should stay far, far away." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato A- |
Shattered Glass (2003) |
"The events unfold with a riveting dread inevitability." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
She Hate Me (2004) |
"This gonzo 140-minute omnibus reserves a scene or two for any social or political concern you'd care to mention." |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C+ |
She's All That (1998) |
"It's wretchedly predictable, inconsistently funny and not always well-written. It's enjoyable enough, but a truly good movie it's not." |
Eugene Novikov |
Tomato 3/4 |
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
- |
The Shipping News (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eugene Novikov |
Splat C |
Showtime (2002) |
"The very definition of autopilot." |
Eugene Novikov |
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