Tomato 4/4 |
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971) |
"A powerful, poignant look at the fall of an ideal -- a last-ditch effort to find pleasure and happiness in the face of impending terror." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 3/5 |
Gentleman Jim (1942) |
"As with any biopic, it's inaccurate as all get-out -- but it's a delightful film nonetheless, with Flynn at the top of his game." |
Dawn Taylor |
Tomato |
Gentleman's Agreement (1947) |
"Gentleman's Agreement today is as noteworthy as a historical curiosity as it is classic cinema." |
Dawn Taylor |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Get Shorty (1995) |
"Get Shorty mixes two movie plot chestnuts -- the showbiz comedy and the mob picture -- and comes up with something fresh and unexpected." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ghost (1990) |
"Despite some seriously cheesy special effects ... Ghost succeeds as both a whodunit and a delightfully sappy story of true love." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Splat |
The Giant Gila Monster (1959) |
"Camp value is provided by a truckload of 1950s B-movie cliches and dreadful song breaks -- "The Gila Monster Crawl" among other "rock & roll hits" -- by its lead, Don Sullivan, who through this movie rose from nothing to complete obscurity." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
Gilmore Girls - The Complete First Season (2000) |
"... inviting and comforting, full of smart, funny people about whom you'll find you actually care." |
Dawn Taylor |
Tomato |
Glass Menagerie (1973) |
"Moriarty and Miles took home two Emmys each ... Waterson and Hepburn were also nominated. It's directed with grace and generous long takes by Anthony Harvey, who only slightly 'opens up' the play. The fine original musical score is by John Barry." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
The Gold Rush (1925) |
"...anyone who asks why The Gold Rush deserves the attention and dedication showcased in Warner's The Chaplin Collection might as well ask why we continue to crack open new editions of, say, Mark Twain, or ... Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
The Gold Rush (1925) |
"Chaplin said that it was the movie he most wanted to be remembered for, and damn if he didn't get his wish." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
The Golden Coach (1952) |
"What we take away from The Golden Coach are its sumptuous look and the sense that a master director is opening up to us with some long-standing passions." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato 3/4 |
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies (2001) |
"It may not push the envelope when it comes to style or technique, but Goldwyn is an engaging look at a true mogul and the cinematic era he helped define." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Good Bye, Lenin! (2004) |
"The influx of Western culture may have been inevitable, but thanks to this charming film, we see that there was plenty in the East worth saving." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Good Earth (1937) |
"The Good Earth may seem quaint and old-fashioned to contemporary viewers ... but it's a classic for good reason." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Good Girl (2002) |
"A wistful exploration of life's choices; thanks to Aniston, it resonates as both a comedy and a detailed character study." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 4/4 |
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) |
"Williams' work in the movie's more dramatic scenes is as heartfelt and humane as his monologues are rib-tickling." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Splat |
Good Night To Die (2003) |
"... less a cohesive story than a series of scenes between actors, as if [Singer] filmed a day of loosely connected exercises in a class at the Actor's Studio." |
Dawn Taylor |
Tomato |
A Good Year (2006) |
"A sort of alternate-universe chick flick, like a romance novel told from the point of view of the cold-but-handsome love interest rather than the plucky heroine." |
Dawn Taylor |
Tomato 3/4 |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) |
"Earnest, sweet, and charming, 1939's Goodbye, Mr. Chips is one of those classic films that falls under the category of 'they just don't make 'em like they used to.'" |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato |
Goodfellas (1990) |
"... a brilliant, assured, mature film by one of cinema's greatest directors at the top of his game." |
Dawn Taylor |
Tomato |
Gormenghast (2000) |
"This Warner/BBC Video two-disc DVD package presents a reasonably clean (some speckling) full-screen (1.33:1) transfer with excellent Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound. The main bonus is a half-hour making-of documentary...." |
Mark Bourne |
Splat |
Gormenghast (2000) |
"This sumptuous vision looks great, serves up plenty that's pleasing, and although is somewhat flat is not bad. It does, though, take Peake's extraordinary achievement and makes it, well, ordinary." |
Mark Bourne |
Splat |
Gothic Industrial Nosferatu (2001) |
"...the score by Christian Death, Electric Hellfire Club, and other post-pube gloomsters isn't ill-used here.... [The print] looks as though it's been run across a cheese grater." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
Grand Hotel (1932) |
"... an entertaining look back at a time when Hollywood movies were big, dazzling confections and when movie stars were truly bigger than life." |
Dawn Taylor |
Tomato |
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) |
"[The Fox Studio Classics DVD] delivers a sterling print that restores Toland's photography to its deep, documentary-like beauty...." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) |
"...it proves that a Hollywood film can be both socially engaged and a work of lasting, entertaining art." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Grease (1978) |
"The Broadway-hit-turned-movie succeeds ... because of its charismatic cast, show-stopping musical numbers, and genuine sense of fun." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato |
The Great Dictator (1940) |
"So Chaplin may not have halted a war, but he still left us with more than just a funny movie." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
The Great Dictator (1940) |
"For The Great Dictator's restoration, experts at Cineteca Bologna assembled the best footage from a variety of sources into a new freshly minted print. The final product ... is splendid." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato |
The Great Escape (1963) |
"It's as blow-dried as McQueen looks even on a bad day, but The Great Escape's mix of suspense, humor, and old-fashioned derring-do pitched by a dream-team cast is so enjoyable that only a lout would complain about it." |
Mark Bourne |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Great Muppet Caper (1981) |
"Boasts plenty of laughs and action, as well as the self-referential asides and cameo appearances that fans love." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato |
Grey's Anatomy - Season 1 (2005) |
"The cast is uniformly superb and the writers cannily allow each actor to stretch in the parts, making each character unusually well-rounded for a network TV program." |
Dawn Taylor |
Tomato 2/4 |
The Guru (2003) |
"Has the kind of edge and creativity (not to mention nudity) that mainstream 'rom-coms' almost uniformly lack." |
Betsy Bozdech |
Tomato 2/4 |
A Guy Thing (2003) |
"One of those predictable, harmless, occasionally funny romantic comedies that tends to inspire comments like, 'Well, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.'" |
Betsy Bozdech |
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