Analyze This (1998)

"Director Harold Ramis keeps the gangsters real and funny at the same time."

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

"Butler doesn't have the necessary screen presence, and without a good Phantom, the movie fails to capture the imagination."

Angel-A (2007)

"... a visually sumptuous, dramatically inert fable ..."

Anger Management (2003)

"While it includes some funny scenes, one senses that the Nicholson-Sandler pairing could have achieved much more."

The Ant Bully (2006)

"The Ant Bully, in trying to match Antz or A Bug's Life, just digs itself into a big hole."

Antz (1998)

"Antz crawling with detail, humor, Woody Allen style."

Anything Else (2003)

"Although Ricci holds up her side of the story, Biggs doesn't quite have the screen presence to pull off the other role."

Appaloosa (2008)

"Ambition is a great quality in a filmmaker, especially when it's realized. Yet there is something to be said for just telling a story, and with Appaloosa, Harris does a fine job of it."

Apres Vous (2005)

"A light, entertaining comedy with little, if any, redeeming value, other than a few good laughs."

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres (2007)

"If you're not among the Aqua Teen hard core, the aggressive dumbness wears out its welcome about five minutes after the lights go down."

Arctic Tale (2007)

"The best thing about Arctic Tale is the vivid underwater cinematography, shot with such urgency and vibrancy that one might suspect a little CGI assistance has been employed."

Are We There Yet? (2005)

"If your requirements for good comedy begin and end with a swift kick to the groin, Are We There Yet? is the movie for you."

Arizona Summer (2006)

"Instead of giving the audience a feel-good vibe, it leaves a sticky residue of artificially flavored fluff."

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

"Except for little kids and relatives of the cast, there's not much appeal to this numbing remake."

Arthur and the Invisibles (2007)

"There's no time to sort out the players or the story as things rush ahead at an overwrought pace. Huge amounts of backstory are just plopped down in front of us, so fast and furiously that it makes little sense."

Ask the Dust (2005)

"What's surprising about the new film's vapid emptiness is that Towne also wrote the screenplay. And the writing is the film's central problem."

Assassination Tango (2003)

"If this sounds like an awkward combination, it is."

Astro Boy (2009)

"Tenma wisely powers the boy's heart with positive energy, something that spreads to the movie as well."

Asylum (2005)

"The makers of Asylum pretend they're making an art movie, and although the film has the trappings, the story is mostly Hollywood."

ATL (2006)

"Despite an occasional whiff of cheese, it's mostly a fresh, funny, coming-of-age story that feels authentic."

August Rush (2007)

"Director Kirsten Sheridan's new film is August Rush. But she might as well have named it Oliver! 2: Electric Boogaloo."

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

"The sequel is funnier than the original because it has more silliness, more smut and more 'yeah, babies.'"

Auto Focus (2002)

"Although Kinnear looks the part, he's never able to capture Crane's intangible charm, a peculiar mix of leering slickness and affable class clown."

Avenue Montaigne (2007)

"When it all wraps up as neatly as the treacliest Hollywood film, we don't feel cheated, but rather enjoy the satisfaction of a story resolved, and we're happy for each of the people we have spent our hour with."

Away From Her (2007)

"In Away From Her, four of the best actors in the world turn material worthy of their talents into the best movie of the year so far. The result is moving the way the best-written literature can be, telling us something about ourselves."