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J.D.'s Revenge (1976) |
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Dave Kehr |
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The Jack Bull (1999) |
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Tomato |
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2007) |
"In some ways Smith's art became commodified only after he died and his estranged sister gained control over his work, though that did lead to this documentary, a fascinating introduction to his special world." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
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Jack's Back (1988) |
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Tomato |
Jackass: Number Two (2006) |
"You have to admire the fact that, for these guys, 'anything for a laugh' really means anything. And for all the moronic behavior, there are also some inspired dadaist moments." |
J. R. Jones |
Tomato |
Jackie Brown (1997) |
"Quentin Tarantino puts together a fairly intricate and relatively uninvolving money-smuggling plot, but his cast is so good that you probably won’t feel cheated." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Tomato |
Jacob's Ladder (1990) |
"A bold, powerful psychological horror film." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Splat |
Jagged Edge (1985) |
"The wholesome cast completely obliterates the unstated perversities that have been this genre's reason for being." |
Dave Kehr |
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Jake Speed (1986) |
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James Joyce's Women (1983) |
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Tomato |
Jandek - Jandek on Corwood (2004) |
"Director Chad Friedrichs works around Jandek's never having revealed his identity by interpolating shots of the PO box and rocks on the beach with the talking heads of fans, critics, and journalists, and lots of Jandek's wistful, haunting music." |
Fred Camper |
Splat |
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) |
"The movie equivalent of a toenail-painting session." |
J. R. Jones |
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Jarhead (2005) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Splat |
Jawbreaker (1998) |
"Lame shock scenes, crucial plot points inserted without setups, and an unsuccessful attempt to exploit the camp value of some actors cast in minor parts are the least of the problems in this black comedy." |
Lisa Alspector |
Tomato |
Jaws (1975) |
"Steven Spielberg's mechanical thriller is guaranteed to make you scream on schedule." |
Dave Kehr |
Tomato |
Jazz on a Summer's Day (1958) |
"Shot in gorgeous color, it's probably the best feature-length jazz concert movie ever made." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Splat |
The Jazz Singer (1927) |
"It's ragged and dull until the magical moment when Jolson turns to the camera to announce, 'You ain't heard nothin' yet' -- a line so loaded with unconscious irony that it still raises a few goose bumps." |
Dave Kehr |
Tomato |
The Jazz Singer (1980) |
"Richard Fleischer's direction is appropriately close-in and small, and Diamond himself, while no actor, proves to be a commandingly intense, brooding presence." |
Dave Kehr |
Tomato |
JCVD (2008) |
"Written and directed by Mabrouk El Mechri, this functions perfectly well as a Van Damme vehicle, but it's also a funny and poignant look at a man trapped by his own ridiculous reputation." |
J. R. Jones |
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Je, Tu, Il, Elle (1985) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Tomato |
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) |
"Akerman forges a major statement, not only in a feminist context but also in a way that tells us something about the lives we all live." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Tomato |
Jellyfish (2008) |
"The celebrated Israeli author Etgar Keret and his wife, screenwriter Shira Geffen, directed this luminous foray into magic realism, Tel Aviv style." |
Andrea Gronvall |
Tomato |
Jennifer's Body (2009) |
"The flashes of competence just emphasize the extent to which the film has no idea what it's doing." |
Noah Berlatsky |
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Jericho (1937) |
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Fred Camper |
Splat 1/4 |
Jerry Maguire (1996) |
"Cameron Crowe, Tom Cruise, and Cuba Gooding Jr. are salesmen, and we're consumers, buying emotional truth. That's a brave message for a commercial film to have. Too bad it's unintentional." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Splat 2/4 |
Jersey Girl (2004) |
"The grating sense of commercial calculation in Jersey Girl consistently undercuts Smith's fine writing." |
J. R. Jones |
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Jesse James (1939) |
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Dave Kehr |
Splat 2/4 |
Jesus Camp (2006) |
"Filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady lump all evangelicals together, failing to distinguish the more fundamentalist Pentecostals, and they've clumsily inserted some unnecessary editorializing from talk-radio host Mike Papantonio." |
J. R. Jones |
Splat |
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) |
"The music quickly becomes monotonous, and the operatic dialogue is silly right from the start." |
Don Druker |
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Jet Pilot (1957) |
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Dave Kehr |
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The Jew (1996) |
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Lisa Alspector |
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Jewel Robbery (1932) |
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Dave Kehr |
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Jewish Vendetta |
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Lisa Alspector |
Splat |
JFK (1991) |
"Sad to say, Oliver Stone's three hours of bombast did little to raise the level of discussion." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
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Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone (2000) |
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Steve Erickson |
Splat |
A Jihad for Love (2007) |
"Covering more than half a dozen countries, Sharma stretches himself too thin, and as a result the documentary seems sketchy; he would have done well to present on-screen some of the background information in his production notes." |
Andrea Gronvall |
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Jimi Hendrix (1973) |
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Tomato |
Jimmy Carter Man From Plains (2007) |
"The portrait of Carter has been described as hagiography, but it isn't a stretch to view his quiet integrity as saintly next to the track records of his successors." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Tomato |
Jindabyne (2007) |
"Too many extraneous elements have been added but at the movie's center lies the knotty story of a marriage poisoned by amorality." |
J. R. Jones |
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Jit (1993) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Tomato |
Joe Dirt (2001) |
"Contrived yet unpretentious, predictable yet surprising, this underdog comedy and its title character have considerable charm." |
Lisa Alspector |
Tomato |
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (2007) |
"The story illustrates how easily political art can be hijacked by the other side, and it illuminates the anguish of a man who spent the last 20 years of his life wrestling with his legacy." |
J. R. Jones |
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John Huston and the Dubliners (1988) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
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John Lennon - Imagine (1988) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Tomato |
John Tucker Must Die (2006) |
"There's something mildly charming about this cheerful revenge comedy's lack of any straightforward moral agenda." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
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Johnny Greyeyes (2001) |
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Fred Camper |
Tomato |
Johnny Guitar (1954) |
"For all its violence, this is a surpassingly tender, sensitive film, Ray's gentlest statement of his outsider theme." |
Dave Kehr |
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Johnny Suede (1992) |
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Splat |
Johnson Family Vacation (2004) |
"This is a real mess, with out-of-focus shots and continuity lapses that suggest a production in chaos." |
J. R. Jones |
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The Jolson Story (1946) |
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Dave Kehr |
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