Tomato 4/4 |
L'Atalante (1934) |
"A landmark of French cinema and one of the most beloved film romances." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
L'Enfant (2006) |
"Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are masters of naturalistic drama in which characters reveal themselves through a grimace or a gesture, rather than artfully scripted speeches." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2/4 |
La Ley De Herodes (2000) |
"Alczar, who won the Mexican Oscar for his performance, brings a lot of energy to the role, but it's not enough to counterbalance the film's heavy-handed predictability." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
La Moustache (2005) |
"A shuddery, enigmatic study in psychological suspense." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 4/4 |
La Vie En Rose (2007) |
"Dahan and Cotillard have created an amazing biopic of an extraordinary voice attached to a fragile and fallible woman." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2/4 |
La Vie Promise |
"[The film is] strongest when Huppert is plying her sordid trade, her face a cracking mask of emotional devastation." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Ladder 49 (2004) |
"The movie isn't afraid to wear its heart on its sleeve. But the sentiment never seems out of place, perhaps because we're talking about people who aren't afraid to put their lives on the line." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato |
Ladies in Lavender (2005) |
"A sweet little character sketch that is low on drama but high on charm." |
Jeff Strickler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Lady Chatterley (2006) |
"Paradoxically for a film about unchecked sexuality, it never comes alive. Unless you come to it already fascinated by the story, there's not much in this dull, dutiful dramatization to win you over." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 1/4 |
Lady in the Water (2006) |
"Shyamalan is too gifted a filmmaker to waste his time, and ours, on such twaddle. The best thing that could be done with Lady in the Water is to deep-six it and hope that his next project doesn't occur to him over milk and cookies with the kids." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Lady Vengeance (2005) |
"Because I am a connoisseur of art cinema, my feelings about Lady Vengeance are complex. Some parts I liked; some parts I didn't." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ladykillers (2004) |
"Hanks is, as usual, on the top of his game." |
Jeff Strickler |
Splat 2/4 |
The Lake House (2006) |
"Let's do the Time Warp again." |
Colin Covert |
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Lake Placid (1999) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Lakeview Terrace (2008) |
"Slick, savvy and well executed, Lakeview Terrace is a typical studio release polished to a blinding sheen thanks to a superior cast and Neil LaBute, America's most dazzlingly gifted un-famous film director." |
Colin Covert |
- |
The Land Girls (1998) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Land of the Lost (2009) |
"This isn't the Land of the Lost you remember from childhood, but get on its antisocial wavelength and it's fitfully laugh-out-loud funny." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 1/4 |
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) |
"Overfamiliar and uninspired." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Lars And The Real Girl (2007) |
"Every scene that could be played for pathos uncorks great laughs, while those that could turn crass or silly are compassionate. On every level, this is a labor of love." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Lassie (2006) |
"None of Lassie's adventures is told with the least bit of subtlety, but seeing as how the movie is aimed at the peewee, dog-loving set, few members of the target audience are likely to complain." |
Jeff Strickler |
- |
The Last Castle (2001) |
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Jeff Strickler |
- |
The Last Days (1998) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Splat 2/4 |
Last Days (2005) |
"Sometimes we see Blake through the window, but, as he moves around the room, often we see nothing but the far wall. Depending on your perspective, this is either incredibly gutsy or incredibly boring." |
Jeff Strickler |
- |
The Last Days of Disco (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Last Holiday (2006) |
"The Last Holiday would be predictable even if it weren't a remake, but that isn't necessarily a drawback. On the contrary, it actually adds a boost to the movie's feel-good format." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Last House on the Left (2009) |
"Sure, the movie is predictable (a convenient storm causes power outages and therefore the dark house is creepily candlelit and who knows who's lurking behind the door), but it keeps its audience on edge." |
Kara Nesvig |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Last King of Scotland (2006) |
"A spellbinding safari into the mind of His Excellency the madman." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Last Kiss (2006) |
"If you're going to take viewers down a familiar path, you'd better make sure the trip is led by intriguing characters. Give the makers of this comedy-drama credit for that." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Last Legion (2007) |
"Put yourself in the proper boy's-adventure mindset and The Last Legion's corny moments will just add to the charm." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2/4 |
Last Night (1998) |
"McKellar is a good storyteller, and he demonstrates a clever -- albeit dark -- sense of humor. But much of it goes for naught because of the movie's sterile patina." |
Jeff Strickler |
- |
Last Orders (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Last Samurai (2003) |
"As the story evolves into a drama with as much heart as muscle, Cruise adapts with it." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Laurel Canyon (2003) |
"Fizzles out in the third act, but we're long past caring. By then, Frances McDormand has usurped the movie and turned it into a lesson in character acting." |
Jeff Strickler |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Law Abiding Citizen (2009) |
"The movie is not -- putting it courteously -- tightly constructed. The narrative shifts are jerky and the tone bounces around like a Jeep on a dirt road." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 4/4 |
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) |
"Approach it from whatever angle you like, performances, script, cinematography, score; David Lean's sweeping biography of T.E. Lawrence is unarguably magnificent." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Laws of Attraction (2004) |
"[Brosnan] has his charm emitter turned up to 10, and [Moore] manages to insert episodes of loopy behavior without calling into question her character's intelligence." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Layer Cake (2005) |
"In the end, Layer Cake serves up the just desserts." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Le Cercle Rouge (1970) |
"If you ever wanted to know how to look good wearing a trenchcoat, lighting a cigarette, handling a revolver, drinking a whiskey or overpowering an armed guard, Jean-Pierre Melville's 1970 gangster drama is your guide." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Le Samourai (1967) |
"Delon's inscrutable presence adds to an unnerving atmosphere of anticipation. You feel that something bad could come crashing into the frame at any second. And you would be right." |
Colin Covert |
- |
The Leading Man (1996) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) |
"A wonderfully old-school adventure." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
League of Ordinary Gentlemen (2005) |
"Amusing and insightful." |
Jeff Strickler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Leatherheads (2008) |
"Drawing from movies rather than life, Leatherheads often feels like a likable exercise in retro style rather than a film with a compelling reason to exist on its own." |
Colin Covert |
- |
Left Behind - The Movie (2001) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003) |
"As she did in the first movie, Witherspoon deftly navigates the precipice where silliness slips into stupidity." |
Jeff Strickler |
- |
The Legend of 1900 (1998) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Legend of Zorro (2005) |
"The new Zorro is one of the rare films that aim to thrill us while lampooning the adventure genre, and hit both bull's-eyes simultaneously." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Lemon Tree (2008) |
"Lemon Tree offers the bittersweet satisfaction of understanding a thorny situation a bit better. In a uniformly strong cast, Hiam Abbass is outstanding as the proud, lovely Salma." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato |
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) |
"Helping mitigate the fear factor is the movie's smart-alecky attitude." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Leopard (1963) |
"The Leopard is epic filmmaking at its finest." |
Colin Covert |
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