Racing Stripes (2005)

"The movie has its charm."

Rails & Ties (2007)

"Rails & Ties essentially remains a TV movie weepie, but it's a high-end one."

Raising Flagg (2007)

"Feels like a TV movie."

Raising Victor Vargas (2003)

"What's so wonderful about director Peter Sollett's assured debut feature is the authentic way he captures what it's like to be young."

Rambo (2008)

"The man hasn't turned into Hostel director Eli Roth, but for all the rape, torture and blood-letting on display in Rambo, it wouldn't be far off the mark to call [Stallone] Roth's spiritual godfather."

Rat Race (2001)

"It takes awhile for Rat Race to get in gear, but once it does you've got a pretty high-performance joke machine."

Ray (2004)

"The movie -- two hours and 25 minutes long and, by the end, you feel every minute of it -- completely falls apart in the third act."

The Reader (2008)

"The Reader isn't an act of moral imbecility like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, but it's pretty questionable all the way through."

The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2007)

"Yes, John Peterson is a flake, but he's a likable oddball, a rebel you can get behind."

The Reaping (2007)

"Amidst such mayhem, there isn't much for a two time Oscar winner like Swank to do with herself, except reach out soulfully to the girl who may be the Antichrist."

Recess: School's Out (2001)

"Paul and Joe (they like to be on a first-name basis with their audience) have created a look that is as basic and down-to-earth as their characters."

Reconstruction (2004)

"As heart-rendingly immediate as it is intellectually sophisticated."

Red (2008)

"A movie that's completely out of its tree."

Red Eye (2005)

"Wes Craven's airplane thriller strips down the mechanics of suspense to bare basics."

Red Planet (2000)

"Dumb, uninvolving movie."

Red Roses and Petrol (2008)

"With her static camera, director and co-writer Tamar Simon Hoffs has done little to move it out of its staginess."

Reel Paradise (2005)

"Movie love in all of its absurd, sometimes hilarious and deeply heartfelt mutations is a big part of Reel Paradise."

Reign of Fire (2002)

"In their efforts to make an unsilly movie about dragons, the Reign of Fire brain trust went rather too far. What they've come up with is a grim, enjoyment-impaired, postapocalyptic trudge."

Reindeer Games (2000)

"Every plot complication is so implausible that, after a while, you stop paying attention and start wondering just how big an idiot the filmmakers mistook you for."

Remember Me, My Love (2004)

"The movie is being sold as a romance with the tag line: 'Some loves are never forgotten.' But the only love evident here is self-love, and the overall feel is disturbingly soulless."

Renaissance (2006)

"Artistic as it undeniably is, the two-tone effect grows tedious fast. And since it's coupled with a mystery story that's humdrum from the start, boredom multiplies."

Reno 911!: Miami (2007)

"The film is just a loosely connected set of skits in which incompetent, narcissistic Nevada cops prove just as inept and self-absorbed in Florida."

The Replacements (2000)

"The Replacements tries to set some kind of record for regurgitating sports movie cliches faster than any film that's run before."

Reprise (2008)

"The movie also contains many moments of joy and humor, folded into a fantastic, shifting structure that keeps the film wildly alive. It's an impressive first film."

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

"Virtually the cinematic equivalent of a powerful drug rush and subsequent, crashing withdrawal."