Tomato |
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) |
"The battle scenes are amazing in their scope and vehemence. But in the breaks between fighting, the movie reminds us that the costs of war can exceed the loss of life and limb." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Take the Lead (2006) |
"If hokiness were a fatal flaw, Take the Lead would be dead from the opening note, yet this feel-good musical drama is irresistibly endearing." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2/4 |
Taken (2009) |
"The film flirts with saying something dark and serious about pursuing justice through unjust means, then quickly chickens out." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2/4 |
Taking Lives (2004) |
"Taking Lives clearly aims to be a stylish, eerie chiller along the lines of Seven. Despite a nerve-wracking car chase and one jump-out-of-your-pants shock, the results are more like Three." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) |
"Set in a nightmare New York City, the subway hostage thriller batters our nerves like a tom-tom." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Taking Woodstock (2009) |
"Taking Woodstock has fine moments and an enjoyable vibe, but it never develops a coherent point of view." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Tale of Despereaux (2008) |
"Flat-footed when it should be fleet, scary when it means to be exciting, and only intermittently emotionally effective, The Tale of Despereaux does a disservice to Kate DiCamillo's well-regarded children's book." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Talk to Her (2002) |
"It's a brave movie and a mature undertaking." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Talk to Me (2007) |
"... has a solid sense of time and place and character." |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) |
"While the film spins out from time to time in subplots highlighting the world-class supporting cast, it has enough momentum to finish in the winner's circle." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2/4 |
Tangled Up in Bob (2006) |
"A documentary that travels the nation researching the roots and influences that made him, yet tells us more about the people trying to figure him out." |
Colin Covert |
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The Tango Lesson (1997) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Tarnation (2004) |
"Its fierce emotional honesty can't be denied." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Taxi (2004) |
"Corny, but it grows on you." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) |
"As our society searches its conscience for the correct balance between preserving American lives and upholding American values, Gibney offers a crucial perspective to counterbalance the influence of eye-for-an-eye gut instinct." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
Team America: World Police (2004) |
"For its imagination, audacity and willingness to tick off absolutely everyone, Team America is the most memorable comedy you'll see this year -- at least among the ones starring puppets." |
Colin Covert |
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Tears of the Sun (2003) |
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Colin Covert |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Teeth (2008) |
"It's definitely not for Aunt Minnie, but cult movie mavens will appreciate director Mitchell Lichtenstein's willingness to push the boundaries of bad taste." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Tell No One (2008) |
"Tell No One maintains a rewarding balance of genuine emotion and high-tension entertainment. See it and tell everyone." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 4/4 |
Tell Them Who You Are (2005) |
"A hilarious, poignant documentary from Mark Wexler, son of famous cinematographer Haskell Wexler, about his irascible, politically headstrong father." |
Erik Lundegaard |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Ten (2007) |
"The film is far from a perfect 10, with hit-and-miss writing, an over-reliance on cheap shocks and solid laughs in maybe five of the sketches. Given their brief running time, the weaker efforts are off the screen in short order." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Ten Canoes (2007) |
"It's worth putting up with the meandering story to see the aboriginal world shown from a fresh perspective." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006) |
"The plot pings along energetically, and if it rarely makes much sense, it usually finds the shortest distance between two jokes. Like a dumb but infectious rock song, you can't really justify loving the movie for any serious reason." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Terminal (2004) |
"A fairly small, surprisingly intimate movie." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) |
"T3 director Jonathan Mostow delivers a high-energy barrage of special effects gee-wizardry that self-effacingly mimics Cameron's style." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Terminator Salvation (2009) |
"The Terminator franchise was built on thrills, imagination, narrative, emotion, believability, character development and watchability. Terminator Salvation has plenty of thrills." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Tetro (2009) |
"Tetro percolates with energy and bawdy knockabout humor." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 1/4 |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) |
"Drowns in red rivers of excess." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 4/4 |
Thank You For Smoking (2006) |
"To watch the film is to feel the delicious discomfort of being seduced by a devilish charmer." |
Colin Covert |
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That Darn Cat (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jeff Strickler |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Clone Wars (2008) |
"George, if this is the best you can do, please give us Star Wars: The Final Tie-In soon." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Counterfeiters (2008) |
"There are no simplistic morality lessons or tidy resolutions in The Counterfeiters, but it asks provocative questions." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2/4 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) |
"Neither offensively bad nor particularly good, The Day the Earth Stood Still may be best remembered for the clumsiness of its intrusive product placement." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Duchess of Langeais (2008) |
"The Duchess of Langeais is a stately costume drama of wrenching passions expressed in courtly phrases." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Fallen Idol (1948) |
"Masterful 1948 suspense thriller." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Polar Express (2004) |
"Entertaining and innovative animated film." |
Jeff Strickler |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Signal (2007) |
"With just one compelling sequence emerging from so many filmmakers' efforts, The Signal is decidedly less than the sum of its parts." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2/4 |
The Story of Pao (2007) |
"The poorly structured tale is like a story cloth that's several yards too long. Pao's experiences are less than riveting, thin on incident and drama, and most viewers' patience will be tried by the slow pace." |
Colin Covert |
Splat 2/4 |
Then She Found Me (2008) |
"From the looks of things, the actors were simply let loose as themselves." |
Christy DeSmith |
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The Theory of Flight (1998) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 4/4 |
There Will Be Blood (2007) |
"A work of stunning intelligence and dramatic sweep, a portrait of a young nation struggling to find itself, torn between religious and business values." |
Colin Covert |
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The Thin Red Line (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Thing About My Folks (2005) |
"Reiser wrote the script specifically for Falk and himself, so it's not surprising that the actors bond with their characters. And that makes it easy for the viewers to bond with them." |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Thirteen (2003) |
"The movie is a descendant of 1950s juvenile- delinquent melodramas, but it has a chilling emotional authenticity." |
Colin Covert |
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Thirteen Days (2000) |
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Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006) |
"[Dick's] recordings and reenactments of his skirmishes with the MPAA's executives and lawyers make the association look like a fatuous kangaroo court that rules by fiat rather than reason." |
Colin Covert |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
This Gun for Hire (1942) |
"The film's thrilling bullet-laden finale, fast pace and lovely black-and-white photography more than makes up for some of the overt misogyny that was common in this genre and era." |
Erik McCarthy |
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This Is My Father (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jeff Strickler |
- |
Thomas Crown Affair, The (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jeff Strickler |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007) |
"Wang's approach is measured and restrained, his shots simple and immaculate, the emotional stakes deepening scene by scene. It's a miniature gem." |
Colin Covert |
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