Splat 2.5/4 |
An American Affair (2009) |
"Out of its mind at a deep, essential level, An American Affair plays its dubious scenario with a straight face that makes the silly thing quite watchable." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato |
Alexandra (2008) |
"There's not a shot fired in the film, but it pierces the heart nonetheless." |
Glenn Whipp |
Splat |
Allah Made Me Funny (2008) |
"Allah may have made these men funny, but he didn't bestow much in the way of filmmaking skills." |
Evan Henerson |
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 |
Australia (2008) |
"Australia is something of a mess, though it's a spectacularly made mess that's carried along by its ambition and artistry and, most of all, its pure passion to please." |
Glenn Whipp |
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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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 |
Splat 1/4 |
The Amateurs (2007) |
"The Amateurs has been shelved for a number of years because -- just a ballpark guess here -- it's not funny." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Amazing Grace (2007) |
"Director Michael Apted and screenwriter Steven Knight can't help letting a little sanctification take hold -- while also, sadly, making a charged historical subject seem tedious." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Gangster (2007) |
"It's never less than seat-edge suspenseful." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat |
Angels in the Dust (2007) |
"Angels in the Dust is a troubling documentary for obvious reasons...but it's also a bit disturbing for reasons director Louise Hogarth may not have noticed." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat 1/4 |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres (2007) |
"It's all as neurotically juvenile as South Park (though not nearly as sharply written and even less well-animated)." |
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 |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Are We Done Yet? (2007) |
"No cleverness was exerted on this one." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
"To put it most bluntly, the thing is just too long and too slow." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Astronaut Farmer (2007) |
"[The filmmakers] subtle wit and feel for smalltown behavior gives AF a common-sensical veneer. That helps ground the story a little, though it ultimately can't get its head out of the clouds." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Atonement (2007) |
"If you appreciate rigorous cinematic artistry along with your transcendent romance, you may just find the whole package heartrending." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
August Evening (2007) |
"August Evening creates a complete world, with all of its practical limitations and emotional possibilities, for Jaime and Lupe to hunt for their place in." |
Bob Strauss |
Tomato 3/4 |
Avenue Montaigne (2007) |
"[Director] Thompson nicely underplays the film's coincidental connections and melodrama, creating a tone that's assured, relaxed and easy to appreciate." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Away From Her (2007) |
"So beautifully, delicately and completely about relationships, their strengths and weaknesses and unavoidable changes, that the illness aspects of the story, key as they are, play secondary roles." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat 2.5/4 |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"An impressive work of art, A Scanner Darkly, but you might need drugs to sit through it." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat 2/4 |
Accepted (2006) |
"The point is, should the writers of Accepted, writers whose main credits encompass Country Bears, Herbie: Fully Loaded and an Olsen twins movie, be making light of anyone's career trajectory?" |
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 |
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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 2/4 |
All The King's Men (2006) |
"There's not enough to look at here, and even less to get emotionally or intellectually invested in." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat 2.5/4 |
American Dreamz (2006) |
"Much like I feel in the voting booth every four years, the political satire American Dreamz rendered me frustrated and confused." |
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 |
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An American Haunting (2006) |
Click here to see the review. |
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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 |
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 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 |
Splat 2/4 |
Art School Confidential (2006) |
"The surplus of plot and characters does not translate into an abundance of interesting situations." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3/4 |
ATL (2006) |
"What Chris Robinson's debut feature lacks in imagination, it makes up for through a vivid sense of place as well as fine, instinctive performances, particularly from rapper Tip T.I. Harris in the lead role." |
Glenn Whipp |
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 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 |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Alone in the Dark (2005) |
"Some concepts are meant to stay in the gaming console." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Amityville Horror (2005) |
"It doesn't exactly just lie there -- it's too smash-edited and over-cameraworked for that -- but it does represent just how flavorless commercial horror product has gotten." |
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 |
Another Road Home (2005) |
"Elon shines a light on Israeli-Palestinian relations in ways that are profound, human and hopeful." |
Glenn Whipp |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Antibodies (2005) |
"As an exercise in watching a bad guy burrow too deeply into a good guy's head, Antibodies proves more gross than psychologically unsettling." |
Evan Henerson |
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 |
Splat 0/4 |
Are We There Yet? (2005) |
"Think twice about getting involved with the woman who reared these two little sadists. Maybe these two rotten apples haven't fallen far from the tree." |
Glenn Whipp |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"Often gut-busting, enlightening and completely filthy." |
Bob Strauss |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Ask the Dust (2005) |
"The movie's mood can carry it only so far and can't overcome a listless pace, jumpy narrative and the miscasting of Colin Farrell as the male half of its culture-colliding romance." |
Glenn Whipp |
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