Splat 2/4 |
Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (2008) |
"It is neither engaging nor enlightening." |
Peter Schilling |
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Babe: Pig in the City (1998) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Babel (2006) |
"The director interweaves his stories like a symphonic composer, teasing out suspense here, adding foreboding there, bringing in a surge of crushing pathos, but then providing a blessed note of hope and reconciliation." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Baby Mama (2008) |
"Neither Tina Fey nor Amy Poehler, former Saturday Night Live colleagues, has a compelling big-screen presence. And as a team they're no Martin and Lewis. Still, their lightweight double act passes the time agreeably." |
Colin Covert |
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The Bachelor (1999) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Bad Boys II (2003) |
"Jerry Bruckheimer has delivered a destruction extravaganza that is the peak, the thundering apex, the exploding propane refinery of overblown mayhem." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato |
Bad Education (2004) |
"This is a disturbing film that challenges the viewer's comfort. It also challenges you to keep up as it jumps stylistically from comedy to romance to drama to a film noir thriller." |
Jeff Strickler |
Splat 1/4 |
Bad News Bears (2005) |
"The movie comes from the Lazy Man's School of Cheap Laughs, where the class motto is: If you can't think of a joke, just string together profanities and raunchy sexual references." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bad Santa (2003) |
"A must-see movie for the Scrooges of the world." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Baghead (2008) |
"When the origami model of the plot finally unfolds, and the well-justified surprises are disclosed, there are still a couple of revelations up the Duplass brothers' sleeves." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) |
"It's hard not to sing the praises of The Ballad of Jack & Rose." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Balls of Fury (2007) |
"It's schlocky and tasteless but also good-natured and harmless, and the people who come out to see it will get just what they want: 90 minutes of freewheeling, switch-off-your-brain laughs." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Balseros (2002) |
"An eloquent, nonjudgmental examination of the immigrant experience." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Bamako (2006) |
"If Jean-Luc Godard had kept his sense of humor, he might be making engaging movies like Bamako." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Band's Visit (2007) |
"Sharply observed and agreeably acted, The Band's Visit doesn't soar to giddy heights, but it moves along and holds one's attention." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bandits (2001) |
"Thornton and Willis save the day with their performances." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bandslam (2009) |
"Instead of the vapid drivel you'd expect from their Disneyfied crowd, Bandslam turns out to be a charming (and well-soundtracked: Hello, Wilco!) little parable for the tween set about first crushes, friendship and like, duh, the power of music." |
Kara Nesvig |
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The Banger Sisters (2002) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 2/4 |
The Bank Job (2008) |
"Director Roger Donaldson commendably avoids the violence-soaked artiness of Guy Ritchie's crime yarns, but fails to find a strong arc of action through the cluttered, sometimes confusing story." |
Colin Covert |
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Baran (2002) |
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Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Barbarella (1968) |
"It's fun in a 'What were they smoking?' kind of way." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato |
The Barbarian Invasions (2003) |
"Arcand avoids the temptation of turning the story into a tear-jerker." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato |
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) |
"Doesn't overreach the original's modest ambitions, doesn't mess with the endearing, well-rounded characters and never forgets that the jokes are all in service of a sincere message about what it means to be a community." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2/4 |
Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (2006) |
"Barnyard is not without laughs, but they come in inverse proportion to the viewer's age." |
Jeff Strickler |
- |
Basic (2003) |
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Colin Covert |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Basic Instinct 2 (2006) |
"Basic Instinct 2 is as dull as a blunt ice pick, watering down the original film's knockout cocktail of kinky sex and bloody murder into a timid, tepid thriller." |
Colin Covert |
Splat |
Batman & Robin (1997) |
"[Schumacher's] storytelling is limp, and the characters lack energy." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 4/4 |
Batman Begins (2005) |
"If comic books must be a staple of our movie diet, please let them be as thought-provoking and thrilling as this." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Battle for Terra (2009) |
"Naive but ambitious, it comes across as a Battlestar Galactica vetted by pacifists, Clone Wars neutered for Saturday morning kids' TV." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 4/4 |
Battle of Algiers (1966) |
"Gripping and technically dazzling documentary-style drama." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003) |
"For most of its length it coasts by with above-average charm and a solid grasp of messy adolescent emotions." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Baxter (2005) |
"Showalter tackles his mission with energy and an upbeat attitude that makes him a winner as a lovable loser." |
Jeff Strickler |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Be Cool (2005) |
"The only worse thing than starring in a bad movie is using it to call up memories of a time when you were terrific. That's not cool at all." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Be Kind Rewind (2008) |
"A feel-good film with a gentle comic spirit, a sweet affection for its gallery of silly characters and a sincere love for the process of moviemaking." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Beaches of Agnes (2009) |
"When was the last time you saw a world-renowned director converse with a cartoon cat or dress as a potato?" |
Colin Covert |
- |
Bean (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jeff Strickler |
- |
The Beautician and the Beast (1997) |
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Jeff Strickler |
- |
Beautiful (2000) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Splat 2/4 |
Beautiful Boxer (2005) |
"The film earns points for avoiding buffoonery, but it plods along with few surprises or emotional flash points." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Beautiful Country (2005) |
"A touching story built on conflict: emotional, cultural and physical." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Because I Said So (2007) |
"The best moments aren't belly laughs (there are a couple of those, too) but the jokes that ring uncomfortably true." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato |
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) |
"A touching story about a young girl and her dog, Because of Winn-Dixie is quintessentially cute." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Becket (1964) |
"How could you hope for better casting than Peter O'Toole and his acting rival/drinking buddy Richard Burton playing opposite each other?" |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Becoming Jane (2007) |
"Dilutes one of the loveliest voices in English literature into chick lit." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bedtime Stories (2008) |
"It's a delightfully innocent movie that the actor can actually show to his two baby daughters without blushing." |
Daniel Getahun |
Tomato 4/4 |
Bee Movie (2007) |
"Absurd enough to delight kids, overstuffed with verbal and visual in-jokes for grownups, it's a 90-minute joyride that barely pauses for breath. This is unquestionably the best movie that ever began as a bad pun." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bee Season (2005) |
"The lack of emotion is a bit off-putting at first, but as the story unfolds, we grow to appreciate that the film's detached tone reflects the family dynamics." |
Jeff Strickler |
- |
Been Rich All My Life (2006) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 2.5/4 |
Beerfest (2006) |
"Beerfest might not be your cup of tea -- or mug of pilsener -- but fans of the group's earlier movies (Super Troopers and Club Dread) know what to expect: cleverly construed bad taste." |
Jeff Strickler |
- |
Before Night Falls (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jeff Strickler |
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