The Machinist (2004)

"Though Bale deserves all the credit that can be heaped at his feet ... there is far more to this sinister psychological thriller than just exhibiting Bale's emaciated form."

Mad Money (2008)

"It's all in service to a workaday script that leads to a cop-out of an ending that makes the whole thing seem even more generic than it should."

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

"Although there are some inspired bits, too often the movie takes what worked well in small doses in the original and beats them to death in the sequel."

Madea's Family Reunion (2006)

"Nothing that happens seems the least bit believable, and everything is brash and loud. All that's missing is the laugh track."

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)

"When you fail to acknowledge the difference between Hollywood and reality, you have abdicated this responsibility."

Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)

"Malibu's Most Wanted is nothing to pinch your nose over, but it doesn't give Kennedy the street cred we know he's capable of."

Mamma Mia! (2008)

"Mamma Mia! is not going to make you think, nor does it want to. But it will make you sing, as long as Brosnan keeps his mouth shut."

A Man Apart (2003)

"A lackluster drug thriller, obviously inspired by Scarface and boasting few surprises."

Man of the Year (1996)

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Man on Fire (2004)

"At times, Man on Fire seems like it was filmed by a camera attached to a nervous hummingbird."

Man With The Screaming Brain (2005)

"The film tries very hard to be over the top, wacky and camp, but instead, it's flat as stale O'Doul's."

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

"Demme never captures the clammy paranoia of the original, instead settling for a competent but largely hollow reinvention."

Margot at the Wedding (2007)

"Margot at the Wedding is an excellent film that few people will see, and even fewer will like."

Marie Antoinette (2006)

"A largely static, desperately pseudo-hip attempt to reconstruct the events leading up to the French Revolution from the vantage point of a 1980s punk rocker."

Martian Child (2007)

"It either is stiff and dry or it piles on the schmaltz in absurd amounts. In that sense, it offers the worst of both worlds."

Masked and Anonymous (2003)

"Absolutely no saving graces here."

Matador (1986)

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The Matador (2005)

"Let the good times roll, and take a run at The Matador."

Match Point (2005)

"It's a film worth seeing several times. If you're lucky enough to get the chance."

The Matrix (1999)

"The Matrix flings around enough imaginative ideas and digitized bodies to make it a definite check-out-this-one for all science-fiction fans."

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

"There's nothing even resembling a surprise in the third and weakest installment of the trilogy."

May (2003)

"It is alternately ridiculous, gruesome, unlikely and stupefying."

Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)

"One leaves the theater grateful to have shared the time with these characters on-screen, but hoping we won't meet them in the lobby."

Mean Creek (2004)

"Although it is a flawed film, with a first half that moves slowly and sometimes tediously, it is redeemed by a second half that is gripping, not only for its action but for its moral complexity."

Mean Machine (2002)

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