Waging A Living

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Waiting... (2005)

"Filth -- be it in the kitchen or the punch lines -- is something I can handle. One-note, laugh-free filth is another thing entirely."

Waking Up in Reno (2002)

"Put it somewhere between Sling Blade and South of Heaven, West of Hell in the pantheon of Billy Bob's body of work."

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

"The comic brilliance of Walk Hard is so ingrained in its subject matter that it probably won't be appreciated until years after the fact."

A Walk to Remember (2002)

"Since the movie is based on a Nicholas Sparks best seller, you know death is lurking around the corner, just waiting to spoil things."

The Wall (2004)

"A sad and often lovely lament for something of value lost."

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

"Britcentricities still abound, of course, but there's something irresistibly hilarious about watching a group of dithering gardeners attempt to become a pitchfork-wielding mob."

War Dance (2007)

"The core of this week's African catastrophe documentary is so simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting, you only want to thank the Fines for making it as engaging as they have."

The War Tapes (2006)

"Informative as most of the partisan-produced, anti-war documentaries that we've seen in the last several years have been, none match this one for its wide-ranging scope and lived-it-at-ground-zero truth."

War, Inc. (2008)

"Not dumb and definitely bold, War, Inc. is too shrill and nervous to really hit its political targets effectively. The humor's dominant tone is curdled, when it needs to be wickedly caustic."

The Warrior (2005)

"Engaging and suspenseful, and never less than thoughtful."

Washington Heights (2003)

"Often engaging."

Water Lilies (2007)

"A sensitive study of budding adolescent desires, a pervert's delight, plus synchronized swimming. Yes, Water Lilies will be many things to many people."

The Way of the Gun (2000)

"If this sounds at all interesting to you, you can be assured that Way of the Gun presents it all pretty well. The bigger concern, however, should be why you might possibly be interested."

We Own The Night (2007)

"Some great acting and stunning suspense sequences elevate this so-so tale about a police family's complex relationship with Russian mobsters in 1980s New York."

The Weather Man (2005)

"Ultimately the main character's journey seems small and somewhat unconvincing. Verbinski and screenwriter Steven Conrad don't need to give us a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down, but it'd be nice if the tonic was actually of some benefit."

Wedding Crashers (2005)

"Trust me: You won't hate yourself in the morning. These swindlers are sensational."

The Wedding Planner (2001)

"Everything in this movie, save for Matthew McConaughey's lonely understated performance, is shrill, grating and leaden."

Welcome to Collinwood (2002)

"Criminal conspiracies and true romances move so easily across racial and cultural lines in the film that it makes My Big Fat Greek Wedding look like an apartheid drama."

The Wendell Baker Story (2007)

"Wendell Baker doesn't particularly cotton to outsized ambitions. Check your expectations at the door, and you might enjoy yourself."

Wendy and Lucy (2008)

"Wendy and Lucy renews the spirit of American independent film. Its minimalism has a purpose, its sentiment seeks honest feeling when it could have been used for easy manipulation."

What a Girl Wants (2003)

"Never fails to live down to your expectations."

What Happens in Vegas (2008)

"A PG-13 sitcom rom-com that desperately wants to be a Judd Apatow movie when it grows up, Tom Vaughan's flat film mixes screwball comedy with self-help clichés to tired effect."

What Lies Beneath (2000)

"But the main show here, simply because it’s so unavoidably obvious, is Spot The Alfred Influence."

What Women Want (2000)

"Worth seeing just for Gibson's commanding comic performance, which, in its authority and willingness to try anything, recalls the best of Cary Grant's work."