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 |
Splat 2/5 |
All About Steve (2009) |
"The results aren't quite Anchorman, but they're worth a chuckle." |
Kerry Lengel |
Splat 2/5 |
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009) |
"Whatever limited charms the first version had -- mostly David Cross' portrayal of Ian, the greedy manager who exploits the furry creatures -- have since soured." |
Bill Goodykoontz |
Tomato 3/5 |
Amreeka (2009) |
"A good-hearted film about the resilience of the human spirit." |
Richard Nilsen |
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 1/5 |
Appearance of A Man (2009) |
"A ufologist's variant of The Da Vinci Code, except without all the action and faux scholarship." |
Kerry Lengel |
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 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 3.5/5 |
Away We Go (2009) |
"Mendes, working from a script by husband-and-wife hipsters Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, ends things in a vaguely haunting way without really resolving them, which is a good thing." |
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Splat 2.5/5 |
All Roads Lead Home (2008) |
"Starting with the ominous caveat 'Inspired by a true story', there is little indication that All Roads Lead Home is going anywhere interesting." |
Kerry Lengel |
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 |
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 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 |
Splat 3/5 |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"There's a lot of great stuff here, but it just doesn't come together." |
Kerry Lengel |
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 |
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 |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Angel-A (2007) |
"... a visually sumptuous, dramatically inert fable ..." |
Robert W. Butler |
Splat 1/5 |
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." |
Randy Cordova |
Tomato 3/5 |
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." |
Kerry Lengel |
Splat 1/5 |
Are We Done Yet? (2007) |
"This is the kind of movie that gives family films a bad name." |
Randy Cordova |
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 |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Astronaut Farmer (2007) |
"It's impossible to take The Astronaut Farmer seriously on a literal or dramatic level if the ending's never in doubt. In the back of our minds, we have an idea where things will end up, so most of the movie is a waiting game." |
Bill Muller |
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 |
Splat 2/5 |
August Rush (2007) |
"Director Kirsten Sheridan's new film is August Rush. But she might as well have named it Oliver! 2: Electric Boogaloo." |
Suzanne Condie Lambert |
Tomato 4/5 |
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." |
Richard Nilsen |
Tomato 5/5 |
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." |
Richard Nilsen |
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 2/4 |
Accepted (2006) |
"It's loud and goofy, but it's sorely lacking energy, not to mention laughs." |
Randy Cordova |
Tomato 4/5 |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"Sure it takes place in the geeky world of spelling bees, but Akeelah has the same old-fashioned, feel-good, against-the-odds qualities as Rocky." |
Kathy Cano Murillo |
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 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 |
Splat 1.5/5 |
America: Freedom To Fascism (2006) |
"Russo's brand of libertarianism is at best naive and at worst tin-foil-hat crazy." |
Kerry Lengel |
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 3.5/5 |
American Hardcore (2006) |
"... an enjoyable if incomplete nostalgia trip." |
Michael Senft |
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 3.5/5 |
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 |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Aquamarine (2006) |
"Think of Aquamarine as an eventful day at the marine park, with plenty of bubble gum to go around." |
Kathy Cano Murillo |
Splat 1.5/5 |
Arizona Summer (2006) |
"Instead of giving the audience a feel-good vibe, it leaves a sticky residue of artificially flavored fluff." |
Kathy Cano Murillo |
Tomato 3/5 |
Art School Confidential (2006) |
"It's pleasant enough, features fine acting in smaller parts, rises occasionally to laughs or plot, but its ambitions and its accomplishments are modest." |
Richard Nilsen |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
ATL (2006) |
"Despite an occasional whiff of cheese, it's mostly a fresh, funny, coming-of-age story that feels authentic." |
Kerry Lengel |
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 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 |
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The American Ruling Class (2005) |
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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 |
Tomato 3/5 |
Apres Vous (2005) |
"A light, entertaining comedy with little, if any, redeeming value, other than a few good laughs." |
Richard Nilsen |
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 |
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