Tomato 2.5/4 |
Jackass: Number Two (2006) |
"Some segments hit, some miss, but watching these casually captured shenanigans is, in a sense, refreshing, because it makes us realize how inured we are as an audience to action sequences from all the same, predetermined Hollywood angles." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Jacket (2005) |
"Works best if you turn off your mind, relax and let Adrien Brody's jittery paranoia fill you with dread." |
Glenn Whipp |
Splat |
Jackpot (2001) |
"Because the filmmakers are so doggedly determined to keep the story low-key and cheerless, it never gets out of first gear." |
Glenn Whipp |
Splat |
Jakob the Liar (1999) |
"The movie's one odious concession to blatant sentimentality, and it never comes close to priming the audience's tear ducts." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) |
"Thanks to the game cast, notably Bello and Blunt, The Jane Austen Book Club will make for passable programming when the movie arrives a few months from now on Lifetime Television." |
Glenn Whipp |
Splat 2/4 |
Japanese Story (2004) |
"Aside from a ringing endorsement for the cathartic effects of grief, Japanese Story doesn't offer much in the way of universal truths." |
Glenn Whipp |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Jarhead (2005) |
"The film's lack of meaning seems all the more egregious, particularly since even wartime inaction contains large doses of political consequence." |
Glenn Whipp |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Jason X (2002) |
"Most of the movie, which was sort of directed by special-effects veteran Jim Isaac, is inept restagings of Aliens scenes, and climaxes with some TermiJason idiocy." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat |
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) |
"An exercise in idiocy, made all the more tedious by its recognition of its own laziness." |
Glenn Whipp |
Splat 2/4 |
Jay Z - Fade to Black (2004) |
"Although also picturing the well-dressed rhyme merchant backstage and in the studio, the feature is rarely more than a standard concert souvenir." |
Fred Shuster |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Jellyfish (2008) |
"A lot does go on in Jellyfish's slight 78 minutes, but it often feels more overdetermined than compelling." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Jersey Girl (2004) |
"While the story doesn't venture far from the beaten path, Jersey Girl stands as a singular creation thanks to Smith's sharp writing and his ability to coax great performances from the most unlikely places." |
Glenn Whipp |
Splat |
Jesus Camp (2006) |
"The filmmakers are out to demonize, not humanize, which means their movie ends up preaching to the liberal choir instead of shedding any real light into the evangelical Christian movement." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Jet Lag (2003) |
"Top pros Reno and Binoche play out this conceptual ragout of the mediocre and the exceptional with precision and gusto when it's called for." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat 2/4 |
Jiminy Glick in LaLaWood (2004) |
"Reinforces the oft-made argument that sketches that work in quick doses on the small screen can get repellent fast in feature-length format." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Jimmy Carter Man From Plains (2007) |
"Demme is clearly awed by his subject, and his film is a stirring document about how one man's steadfast sense of justice can make a difference in the world." |
Glenn Whipp |
Splat |
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) |
"Works better on television." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Jindabyne (2007) |
"Most of the new ideas grow naturally enough out of the original material. But they almost invariably amplify Carver's bleak worldview, and in a film that runs for more than two hours, that adds up to an oppressive sit." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat |
Joe Somebody (2001) |
"A movie based on Charles Atlas ads would be both more realistic and more entertaining than the moist, dithering hackwork slinking into theaters under the moniker Joe Somebody." |
David Kronke |
Tomato 3/4 |
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (2007) |
"A great gift for those longing to revisit the groovy times of a punk rock past." |
Glenn Whipp |
Splat 1.5/4 |
John Tucker Must Die (2006) |
"Teen airhead comedy doesn't get much nastier, or lazier, than John Tucker Must Die." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat 1/4 |
Johnny English (2003) |
"A spy spoof that makes you pine for the days of Leslie Nielsen and Spy Hard." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002) |
"When the movie concentrates on Jonah's story, it is sweet and good fun." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 4/5 |
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006) |
"One of the most chilling aspects of Jonestown is its use of the audio tapes of Jones speaking on Nov. 18, 1978." |
Kenneth Turan |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Joshua (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
Joshua (2007) |
"A psychological horror film that's a bit light on both the psychology and the horror." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato |
Josie and the Pussycats (2001) |
"It's light, funny and snide from start to finish; live-action cartoons have done worse." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) |
"The storytelling is still stuck in the 1950s, but the modern 3-D technology is pretty impressive at times in this family adventure." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato |
Joy Ride (2001) |
"Delivers dark laughs and heady excitement until it runs out of gas -- and ideas -- in its last half hour." |
Glenn Whipp |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Joyeux Noël (2006) |
"The movie doesn't say much beyond the usual bromides about war being terrible and how all soldiers are brothers under their different uniforms. But obvious and predictable as the dramatization often is, at least it tells a story worth knowing." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Ju-on: The Curse (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
Ju-On: The Grudge (2004) |
"Just like your average American horror franchise, Ju-On repeats the same handful of motifs over and over again, then appears to collapse into incoherence." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Jumper (2008) |
"It’s too busy flitting all around the screen to establish the moral and personal connections that would make the story engaging, let alone the narrative sense that would make it worth following." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Junebug (2005) |
"An extraordinary cast find gnarly human truths in material that, in less astute hands, could have degenerated into a Southern fried Meet the Parents. Or a sermon." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat 2/4 |
Jungle Book 2 (2003) |
"Basically Jungle Book minus the originality, topicality and charm." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3/4 |
Juno (2007) |
"You can't help but surrender to its considerable charm." |
Glenn Whipp |
Splat |
Jurassic Park III (2001) |
"Utterly uninspired." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
Just Friends (2005) |
"Despite that off-putting one-sheet poster of Ryan Reynolds in a fat suit, the movie is actually pretty good -- funny, smart and featuring a host of appealing performances." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3/4 |
Just Like Heaven (2005) |
"When the film's early slapstick gives way to an interesting second-act twist, Just Like Heaven shifts into gear and becomes a winningly sentimental romance." |
Glenn Whipp |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Just Married (2003) |
"A romantic comedy that sets itself the difficult task of being simultaneously listless and imbecilic and, by gosh, achieved it." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Just My Luck (2006) |
"Good as Lohan is, she's better with interesting material." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato |
Just Visiting (2001) |
"Though often crude, obvious and repetitive, in general the movie means well and is played with light, expert brio." |
Bob Strauss |
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