Tomato 4/5 |
Adoration (2009) |
"Egoyan's pacing is careful, deliberate, as it must be, because he's pulling together a complex tale, playing with time to reveal details piece by piece." |
Bill Goodykoontz |
Tomato 4/5 |
Adventureland (2009) |
"A worthy effort, several cuts above the teen comedies that came out of the era it depicts while managing to capture it thoroughly." |
Bill Goodykoontz |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
"It's a fine-enough kids movie. Cute. Nice lesson. And better than you'd think." |
Bill Goodykoontz |
Tomato 4/5 |
American Gangster (2007) |
"American Gangster shoots for epic stature and misses, but Washington hits the mark from start to finish in one of the year's best performances, the one element that earns the larger-than-life status the rest of the film so desperately seeks." |
Bill Goodykoontz |
Tomato 4/5 |
American Teen (2008) |
"By the end of the film, you'll be firmly on the side of each of these kids, hoping the best for them." |
Bill Goodykoontz |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
An Education (2009) |
"An Education is just what the title promises, and a delight, as well." |
Bill Goodykoontz |
Tomato 3/5 |
Angels & Demons (2009) |
"Credit where it's due: Director Ron Howard, also back from Da Vinci, keeps things moving fast enough -- the clock is ticking, after all -- that you don't linger over the implausibility of the story." |
Bill Goodykoontz |
Tomato 4/5 |
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." |
Bill Goodykoontz |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Astro Boy (2009) |
"Tenma wisely powers the boy's heart with positive energy, something that spreads to the movie as well." |
Bill Goodykoontz |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Atonement (2007) |
"Part highbrow British drawing-room drama, part gritty war film, all entertainment almost all the time, Atonement is a masterful study of both the hurtful and redemptive effects of imagination." |
Bill Goodykoontz |
Tomato 4/5 |
Australia (2008) |
"If Luhrmann takes too long to tell the tale, it is at least a tale worth telling, shining a light on racism and mistreatment, folding it neatly into a crowded film that entertains us for most of the way." |
Bill Goodykoontz |
Tomato 3/5 |
Avatar (2009) |
"If only Cameron, who also wrote the script, had spent as much time on the story as he did the effects he uses to tell it." |
Bill Goodykoontz |
Tomato 4/5 |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"As Dick's vision matches up with our times, so does director Richard Linklater's animation technique match the story's material. A Scanner Darkly is a joyful wedding of medium and message." |
Bill Muller |
Splat |
Abandon (2002) |
"... expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse, turning into a black hole of dullness, from which no interesting concept can escape." |
Bill Muller |
Tomato 5/5 |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"Each deft stroke of Payne's pen is matched by a Nicholson flourish, transforming the film into a moving, bittersweet ballet." |
Bill Muller |
Tomato |
Adaptation (2002) |
"Consider the irony: Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich) wins best screenplay for a movie that's essentially about his failure to write a screenplay. That's worth a gold statuette on its own." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
"While the digital backdrops are suitably out of this world, the movie lacks action and momentum." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 2.5/5 |
After the Sunset (2004) |
"Like a tropical drink served at a resort bar, After the Sunset looks pretty but has zero kick." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Against the Ropes (2003) |
"Probably won't convince many people that the girl next door is anything more than that." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Alamo (2004) |
"A stilted, unemotional affair." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 1/5 |
Alex and Emma (2003) |
"A dreary, unfunny, painfully forced affair." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
"If they'd given this kid an umbrella, you could guarantee it would rain." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 1.5/5 |
Alexander (2004) |
"I respect Stone as a filmmaker, but this movie is punishment rather than entertainment." |
Bill Muller |
Tomato 3/5 |
Alfie (2004) |
"With Alfie, it's all about displacement." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 3/5 |
Alien vs. Predator (2004) |
"Anderson has some strengths, but he borrows too much from other movies." |
Bill Muller |
Tomato 5/5 |
Alien: The Director's Cut (2003) |
"The movie inspired three sequels and remains undeniably frightening. It also marks a significant step in the evolution of modern science-fiction films." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 3/5 |
All The King's Men (2006) |
"Although there's a tremendous amount of firepower on-screen, much of it goes to waste, as Zaillian struggles to maintain momentum." |
Bill Muller |
Tomato 4/5 |
All the Real Girls (2003) |
"After a while, you feel like you're watching natural interactions rather than a scripted performance." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 1/5 |
Alone in the Dark (2005) |
"A hokey, recycled collection of mumbo-jumbo that unabashedly steals from a multitude of other horror films." |
Bill Muller |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Along Came Polly (2004) |
"Let's face it: It's really fun to watch Ben Stiller suffer." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Alpha Dog (2007) |
"Among the many movies about the California drug scene and lowlife, youthful wannabe thugs, Alpha Dog is far from the leader of the pack." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 2.5/5 |
American Dreamz (2006) |
"The movie is a spirited exercise in caricature rather than a cohesive comedy. Everybody's playing somebody real, but the movie never approaches reality." |
Bill Muller |
Tomato 4/5 |
American Splendor (2003) |
"Funny, poignant and vitally original." |
Bill Muller |
Tomato 3/5 |
American Wedding (2003) |
"An energetic, raunchy comedy that's funnier and more creative than the last film." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 1/5 |
The Amityville Horror (2005) |
"If star Ryan Reynolds wants to scare us, why not just lock us in a room and make us watch Van Wilder over and over? Or have girlfriend Alanis Morissette talk about her past relationships?" |
Bill Muller |
Splat |
Analyze That (2002) |
"thin, flat and largely forgettable, as De Niro and Crystal trudge through with all the enthusiasm of John Madden at a salad bar." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 2/5 |
Analyze That (2002) |
"The movie strains for laughs with sight gags and slapstick." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 3/5 |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"For every gag that works, there's one that doesn't, and the story is too thin to keep us engaged otherwise." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 3/5 |
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." |
Bill Muller |
Tomato 3/5 |
Anger Management (2003) |
"While it includes some funny scenes, one senses that the Nicholson-Sandler pairing could have achieved much more." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 2/5 |
Annapolis (2006) |
"Actually, the lyrics to In the Navy are more sophisticated than Annapolis, which was assembled by the handy-dandy Disney make-a-movie kit and is loaded with parts borrowed from other films." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Ant Bully (2006) |
"The Ant Bully, in trying to match Antz or A Bug's Life, just digs itself into a big hole." |
Bill Muller |
Tomato 3/5 |
Antwone Fisher (2002) |
"Denzel Washington gives a sensitive yet powerful performance as a Navy psychiatrist, and newcomer Derek Luke is a pleasant surprise as the title character." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 3/5 |
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." |
Bill Muller |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"Although it's a pretty good bet that much of the audience won't be beguiled by Gibson's end-of-the-world metaphors, no one can deny he made an entertaining movie." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 2/5 |
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." |
Bill Muller |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"Let me reiterate. This movie is really, really dirty." |
Bill Muller |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Around the Bend (2004) |
"This movie is too precious by half, but the smooth, unhurried performances of Caine and Walken (along with the sturdy work of Josh Lucas) allow plenty of room for forgiveness." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 2/5 |
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." |
Bill Muller |
Splat 2/5 |
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." |
Bill Muller |
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