Daddy Day Care (2003)

"A half-step up from Murphy's last two debacles (I Spy and the immortal The Adventures of Pluto Nash), Daddy is still several miles away from hilarious."

Dance With Me (1998)

"When it turns its attention to bodies in motion, writhing across the floor to a salsa beat, the film is a joy to watch. When drama takes center stage, which is all too often, 'Dance' drags its feet."

Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)

"so beautifully captures the details of its time and place and its characters' lives that it's difficult to resist being drawn in."

Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

"Splendid... full of deliciously devious characters"

Daredevil (2003)

"If the women of The Hours were recruited to script an action movie, it would probably look and sound an awful lot like Daredevil -- and Puggsley and Wednesday Addams would be its biggest fans."

Dark Victory (1939)

"a soap opera, yes, but a pretty fine one"

Darkness (2003)

"Pitifully silly when it isn't stunningly dull... a grab bag of effects lifted from far-superior films, including 'The Shining,' 'Poltergeist,' 'What Lies Beneath'..."

Dave (1993)

"Thoroughly winning political comedy"

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

"a cautionary thriller that delivers its dire warnings with about as much tact and delicacy as Chicken Little... often shamefully entertaining..."

The Dead Pool (1988)

"Not Dirty Harry's best, but entertaining enough"

Deck the Halls (2006)

"has no real heart and certainly not a trace of warmth. You may leave the theater with a strong desire not to decorate a tree, but to deck the person who talked you into seeing this turkey."

Deep Blue Sea (1999)

"If science can make sharks super- intelligent, why can't it do the same for screenwriters? ...For a movie about the advancement of knowledge, "Sea" is often flabbergastingly dumb."

The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)

"a flawed but often effective family drama that turns on the deepest fear of every parent or guardian: that one dumb move, a single moment of neglect that can turn the rest of your life inside out."

Deja Vu (1997)

"Foyt's characterization runs hot and cold, to the point where it's tough to tell if Dana is merely wrestling with a divided heart or struggling with undiagnosed manic depression."

Desert Bloom (1986)

"a drama that stays with you; a good companion piece with "Blue Sky""

Detroit Rock City (1999)

"sorely in need of the authenticity and easy humor of "Dazed and Confused," the 1994 Richard Linklater comedy it's obviously trying hard to imitate."

Diabolique (1954)

"First-class all the way (unlike the Sharon Stone remake)"

Dick (1999)

"Although it eventually suffers a typically 1970s energy crisis, this satire of the early Seventies has its moments, thanks to the considerable charms of Michelle Williams and Kirsten Dunst..."

Die Another Day (2002)

"While 'Die' is hardly in a class with the best Bond blockbusters, it's a substantial improvement on the thoroughly mediocre 1999 installment 'The World is Not Enough'..."

Dinner at Eight (1933)

"the kind of smart, upscale adult comedy-drama that would never get made these days"

A Dirty Shame (2004)

"an old-school Waters creation that wears its NC-17 rating proudly. ... a resounding return to form after the mostly muddled 'Cecil B. Demented.'"

The Dish (2001)

". In sharp contrast to most of the farces around these days, this film allows us to relax and enjoy the story without worrying about being clobbered over the head by gross-out gags."

Disturbia (2007)

"A mash-up of Dawson's Creek and The Conversation. Unfortunately, the movie begins losing its grip around the time Ronny notes that a garage smells 'like the corpse of a rotting hottie.'"

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)

"On screen, "Ya-Ya" unfolds like a raucous girls' night out comedy that breaks every 15 minutes or so for grim, often heavy-handed scenes that might have been pulled from a Tennessee Williams' anthology."

Doc Hollywood (1991)

"A charmer of a vehicle for Fox"