Tomato 3.5/4 |
A Tout de Suite (2005) |
"A Tout de Suite is less of a lovers-on-the-lam movie than a study of a passive young woman willing to do anything to be with the man she sees as her savior." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"Fascinating, frustrating, absorbing and exhilarating, A.I. is one for the ages, a transcendent movie that achieves the level of art." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato |
ABCD (2001) |
"It's easy to see why ABCD has been a favorite on the film festival circuit for more than a year. Check it out while you can." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
About a Boy (2002) |
"A long way from American Pie, this. Yet the American Weitzes prove to have been inspired choices for this specifically British yet very universal comedy." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"Kathy Bates hijacks the whole film as Roberta Hertzel." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"There's brilliance in there, that's undeniable -- and if you're in the right mood, that will be all you need." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adam's Apples (2007) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Adaptation (2002) |
"Movies this ingenious are to be treasured, and spending a couple of hours inside Charlie Kaufman's brain will reward anyone who has the faintest passion for film." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
"Rodriguez World is a unique cinematic space that only truly inspired children, and child-men, could bring to life." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
After Innocence (2005) |
"While the film is rich in fascinating, factual information, the most remarkable aspect of After Innocence is its unfailing humanity." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
After The Wedding (2007) |
"The filmmakers pile on a heap of life's complications but for all the recriminations, the movie remains involving because of its convincing compassion for its characters." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Agent Cody Banks (2003) |
"While lacking the zip and imagination of Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids movies, Cody Banks is an amiable enough mixture of James Bond-lite adventure and chaste teenage romance." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Agronomist (2004) |
"A powerful look at two tragedies -- the death of a courageous and inspirational man and the unfortunate land that he loved." |
Rob Lowman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003) |
"Except for the sermonizing, altogether a deeper, more interesting movie than Monster." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
Air Guitar Nation (2007) |
"The Finns take the whole thing pretty seriously, noting that if you hold an air guitar, it's impossible to simultaneously hold a gun or rifle. (I'm sure some hombre in a Peckinpah movie would be able to pull it off.)" |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3/4 |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"You expect nothing but emotional truth from Fishburne and Bassett, but it's young Palmer who wins your heart with a performance that's completely free of guile and affectation." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato |
Alexandra (2008) |
"There's not a shot fired in the film, but it pierces the heart nonetheless." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato |
Ali (2001) |
"The fragments of Ali's life that the movie does provide manage to give us a tantalizing look at a man whose life seemingly defies summation." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Alias Betty (2002) |
"It's possible that you may never think about parenting in the same way after seeing Alias Betty." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alice's House (2007) |
"Free of the usual social pathology, intimate dysfunction proves more than capable of holding our interest, as it would anywhere." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
All or Nothing (2002) |
"The movie's greatest achievement (apart from the haunting turns from Spall and Manville) is that all this unrelenting bleakness actually goes somewhere." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
All the Real Girls (2003) |
"A love story for dorks, and I mean that in the best possible way." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alpha Dog (2007) |
"Whatever he observed in those true-life figures these roles are based on, [writer/director Nick] Cassavetes sure knew how to apply it to one nasty but exhilarating work of art." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
"Could've been a lot worse; it's a singing chipmunk movie, for Pete's sake." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 4/4 |
Amadeus (1984) |
"Even a longer Amadeus feels and looks just right." |
Rob Lowman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amandla: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2003) |
"Amandla!s' most enduring achievement is its collection of so many of the freedom songs sung by the oppressed ... in one stirring document." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato |
American Beauty (1999) |
"Surprising and enjoyable." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Experience - Daughter from Danang (2002) |
"The war may have ended more than a quarter-century ago, but it's clear from watching this family that it's going to take more than a single generation for the scars to heal." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Gangster (2007) |
"It's never less than seat-edge suspenseful." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Hardcore (2006) |
"Almost anyone who's had enough of the purposeless, processed pop that passes for entertainment today will nod their heads in emphatic agreement with what the film says -- when you're not covering your ears, anyway." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato |
American Pie (1999) |
"Pretty darn funny at times." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato |
American Pie 2 (2001) |
"Pie 2 avoids the usual, sequel leftovers feeling." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Splendor (2003) |
"If you can get past all the funk ... there is much finely wrought -- and we hardly need to add uncompromised -- artistry here." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Teen (2008) |
"Personal as it gets, the film never seems exploitative or sensationalized or the least bit dumbed-down ... or scripted, which distinguishes it from most shows about young people, whether they claim to be real or not." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Wedding (2003) |
"Jim and Michelle may be the ones getting married, but American Wedding belongs to Stifler." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato |
Amores Perros (2001) |
"Never fails to be smart, engaging, audacious and haunting." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amu (2005) |
"A work of evident passion and outrage, Amu is also remarkable for its humanism and persuasive, natural presentation." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
Andy Goldsworthy - Rivers and Tides: Working With Time (2003) |
"An occasionally enthralling documentary." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
Anger Management (2003) |
"[Nicholson and Sandler are] not the most felicitous comedy team ever devised, but they make the mismatchup work, and that's all the film needed to accomplish." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato |
Anna and the King (1999) |
"Anna and the King is an old-fashioned valentine for all those people who say they don't make movies like they used to." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3/4 |
Another Road Home (2005) |
"Elon shines a light on Israeli-Palestinian relations in ways that are profound, human and hopeful." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Ant Bully (2006) |
" The Ant Bully is the summer's best family movie -- funny, action-packed, sometimes disgusting, sometimes affecting." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3/4 |
Antwone Fisher (2002) |
"There is real heart beneath the movie's thick shellacking of lost man-child sensitivity, and generally terrific acting that makes matters credible." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato |
Apocalypse Now Redux (2001) |
"Coppola's last great movie." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3/4 |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"What Gibson really wants is to make your heart pound and your blood run cold. He succeeds on both counts, though not before roughly 45 minutes of self-parody." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato |
Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience (2002) |
"The kind of history lesson that you wouldn't mind seeing again and again, no matter the format." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3/4 |
Apres Vous (2005) |
"At its heart, Apres Vous is a showcase piece, putting Auteuil and Garcia in a succession of bizarre circumstances and letting them entertain us through the pleasure of their sheer discomfort." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Aquamarine (2006) |
"Aquamarine demands little of its audience, but it doesn't demean it, either, which in this day and age is something worth noting." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Ararat (2002) |
"A beautiful and essential experience." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Arctic Tale (2007) |
"Arctic Tale conveys the [environmental] message to kids in an endearing story wrapped around some of the most compelling footage ever captured at the top of the world." |
Valerie Kuklenski |
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