Splat 1/4 |
P.S. I Love You (2007) |
"Who should be more insulted by P.S. I Love You: Women, who are portrayed as shrill, materialistic harpies who fall down regularly? Or men, who are shown to be at their most romantically attractive when they're dead?" |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
P2 (2007) |
"A slickly efficient neo-grindhouse shocker, a gory palate cleanser for this season of high-toned Oscar magnets and high-minded political dramas." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Pacifier (2005) |
"This moderately amusing family comedy is one of those movies that is better if you don't think about it." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Painted Veil (2006) |
"Stunning locations, a story with strong emotional, physical and spiritual conflicts, and a first-rate cast." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2/4 |
Palindromes (2005) |
"Indie filmmaker Todd Solondz deserves credit for thinking outside the box and challenging his audience. But this time, he steps over the line that distinguishes challenging from confusing." |
Jeff Strickler |
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Palmetto (1998) |
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Jeff Strickler |
- |
Palookaville (1995) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 4/4 |
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) |
"Pan's Labyrinth is beautifully shot and designed, but it's the acting that makes it a remarkable emotional journey." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 1/4 |
Paper Heart (2009) |
"Your appreciation for this shaggy dog project will probably depend on your enjoyment of Yi as a screen presence." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2/4 |
Paprika (2007) |
"Style 10, substance, maybe 2." |
Colin Covert |
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Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paradise Now (2005) |
"What makes the film more than a routine thriller is its willingness to explore what makes these walking time bombs tick." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2/4 |
Paranoid Park (2008) |
"Alex goes to school, has a girlfriend, eats junk food ... and is almost as much of a zombie as anything George A. Romero has ever conjured up. Only less appealing." |
Peter Schilling |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Paranormal Activity (2009) |
"Without financing, stars or more than a couple of special effects, first-time writer/director Olen Peli has made a diabolically effective essay in irrational horror." |
Colin Covert |
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The Parent Trap (1998) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Paris 36 (2008) |
"It's an overstuffed homage to a bygone style of show business rather than a vigorous piece of entertainment on its own." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Paris, Je T'aime (2007) |
"Paris is well worth the trip." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Passenger (1975) |
"In The Passenger, Jack Nicholson gives one of his finest performances as television journalist David Locke." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Passion of the Christ (2004) |
"Regardless of how you feel about the movie's message, you're certain to leave the movie feeling something about the movie itself." |
Jeff Strickler |
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Patch Adams (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jeff Strickler |
Splat .5/4 |
Pathfinder (2007) |
"Loud and overbusy but never exciting, Pathfinder is an action film only insofar as airborne prop heads and severed appendages equal action." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) |
"A senseless Hollywood comedy." |
Daniel Getahun |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Pay It Forward (2000) |
"Spacey and Hunt create interestingly layered characters who are hiding parts of themselves from themselves. And come Oscar time, Osment once again may be saying, 'I see tuxedoed people.'" |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato |
Payback (1999) |
"Demonstrates why Mel Gibson is a movie star: He can take mediocre material and through sheer willpower -- not to mention oodles of charm -- make it work." |
Jeff Strickler |
Splat 1/4 |
Paycheck (2003) |
"Every scene screams, 'I'm only doing this for the money.'" |
Colin Covert |
Splat 1/4 |
Peaceful Warrior (2006) |
"A collection of New Age platitudes beyond their expiration date, the sort of thing that might seem profound if your library doesn't extend much beyond zodiac love guides and Jonathan Livingston Seagull." |
Colin Covert |
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The Peacemaker (1997) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Splat 1/4 |
Penelope (2008) |
"Penelope sat unreleased for two years, and no wonder. It's a shambles, so inexpertly timed and clumsily directed by newcomer Mark Palansky that it seems like a first-draft edit of some hopeless, abandoned project." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Perfect Crime (2005) |
"Writer-director Álex de la Iglesia has made it clear that all rules are off and all our expectations are moot. Not satisfied merely to follow his premise out the window, he's going to drag it up to the 50th floor, first." |
Jeff Strickler |
Splat 2/4 |
A Perfect Getaway (2009) |
"For all the characters' talk of second-act surprises and red herrings, the observant will have no trouble seeing writer/director David Twohey's breadcrumb trail of hints." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 1/4 |
The Perfect Man (2005) |
"The characters' victories never seem hard-won, their losses never seem painful, and the happy ending is guaranteed." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 4/5 |
A Perfect Murder (1998) |
"...a fast-paced thriller that probably will leave Alfred Hitchcock aficionados mourning its shallowness -- but not until after they've enjoyed an adrenaline rush." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Perfect Score (2004) |
"Grading on the admittedly weak January curve, it squeaks by with a pass." |
Colin Covert |
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The Perfect Storm (2000) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Perfect Stranger (2007) |
"While the story becomes dauntingly complex as it goes, the finale resolves its multiple mysteries seamlessly. Perfect Stranger is the kind of polished diversion that the big studios should deliver twice a month, but don't." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Perfect Strangers (2003) |
"It's a movie that fails so miserably in its weirdo aspirations that you'll wish you were watching that bad '80s sitcom of the same name (with Balkie, remember?)." |
Tom Horgen |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) |
"There's a vacuum at the heart of this gothic melodrama. The intent is frustratingly cloudy, and the visuals are more resonant than the performances." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Persepolis (2007) |
"This French-speaking Iranian cartoon clan is one of the most relatable families I've seen onscreen in ages." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2009) |
"Here's a film guaranteed to make you smarter than all your friends for 48 hours, or at least feel like you are." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Peter Pan (2003) |
"Every generation deserves its own version of Peter Pan. Until the next one arrives in 2019 or so, this one will do nicely." |
Colin Covert |
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The Phantom of the Opera (1943) |
Click here to see the review. |
Colin Covert |
- |
Phantoms (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jeff Strickler |
- |
Phone Booth (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jeff Strickler |
- |
The Pianist (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Colin Covert |
Splat |
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2006) |
"It's a hauntingly effective, poetic mood piece but an exasperating drama." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pieces of April (2003) |
"Seamless blend of over-the-top farce with sincere drama." |
Jeff Strickler |
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The Pillow Book (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Pineapple Express (2008) |
"Pineapple Express is the unlikeliest comedy of the summer. It's also going to be one of the best-loved." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pink Panther (2006) |
"The Pink Panther does justice to the old Blake Edwards/Peter Sellers crime comedies -- it's almost as good as the best of those films, far better than the worst -- but doesn't depend on viewers being familiar with them." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 1/4 |
The Pink Panther 2 (2009) |
"Recycling bins have fresher content than this listless exercise in check-the-boxes moviemaking." |
Colin Covert |
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