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The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) |
"His life has been raked over by so many books, movies, magazine articles, and TV shows that The U.S. vs. John Lennon barely justifies its own existence." |
J. R. Jones |
Tomato |
U2 3D (2008) |
"The 3-D element is unobtrusively handled, except when it perfectly re-creates the woman who's always perched on her boyfriend's shoulders in front of you at a concert..." |
J. R. Jones |
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UFOria (1981) |
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Dave Kehr |
Tomato |
Ugetsu (1953) |
"Densely plotted but as emotionally subtle as its name, Ugetsu is one of the great experiences of cinema." |
Dave Kehr |
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The Ugly American (1963) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
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The Ugly Dachshund (1966) |
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Tomato 2/4 |
Ulee's Gold (1997) |
"The attentive way Nunez films his entire cast is as resourceful and evocative as the way he films his locations..." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
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Ultraviolet (2006) |
"Despite the expository speeches draped over this like birthday bunting, the story remains largely incomprehensible." |
J. R. Jones |
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Ulysses (1967) |
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Dave Kehr |
Tomato |
Ulysses' Gaze (1995) |
"Magisterially filmed, this movie demands at almost every instant to be regarded as a masterpiece, though for me it's too full of itself and its own virtue. Still, I can't deny it's an experience worth having." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
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Ulzana's Raid (1972) |
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Don Druker |
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Uma Onda No Ar (2002) |
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Tomato |
Umberto D. (1952) |
"This simple, almost Chaplinesque story of a man fighting to preserve his dignity is even more moving for its firm grasp of everyday activities." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) |
"It's a glorious sight to behold -- though don't forget to listen as well." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
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Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt (1997) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Tomato 3/4 |
Un Air de Famille (1996) |
" Klapisch's mobile adaptation of the work to the screen is very intelligently carried out in terms of time as well as space." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
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Un Flic (1971) |
"A murky disappointment." |
Dave Kehr |
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Unaccompanied Minors (2006) |
"Most of the comedy consists of one-liners and wacky slapstick." |
J. R. Jones |
Tomato |
The Unborn (2009) |
"[An] exuberantly creepy mash-up of Jewish folklore, J-horror atmospherics, and demonic possession boilerplate." |
Cliff Doerksen |
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Uncle Moses (1932) |
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Tomato 2/4 |
Uncle Nino (2003) |
"Both movies have familiar and even hokey aspects, but they're also sincere rather than cynical, and there's something affecting about the very similar messages they're peddling." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
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Under California Stars (1948) |
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Tomato |
Under Capricorn (1949) |
"Shot in astonishingly elaborate long takes, this is the kind of film that finds the most brilliant poetry in the slightest movement of the camera -- a paradigm of cinematic expression." |
Dave Kehr |
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Under Fire (1983) |
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Dave Kehr |
Tomato |
Under the Cherry Moon (1986) |
"At least Prince's narcissism is easier to take than Stallone's or Rob Lowe's: he doesn't regard the rest of the world as an insult to his estimable self." |
Pat Graham |
Tomato |
Under the Same Moon (2008) |
"Your enjoyment of this picaresque tearjerker may depend on how much you can tolerate its shameless contrivances and didactic social realism, whereby the story exists only to illustrate the plight of illegal aliens." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
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Under the Sand (2001) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Tomato |
Under the Skin of the City (2003) |
"Bani-Etemad's depiction of poverty and despair, approximating the tone and look of Italian neorealism, is stark and wrenching." |
Ted Shen |
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Under the Sun of Satan (1987) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
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Under the Volcano (1984) |
"As the tortured consul, Albert Finney has moments of technical brilliance, but Huston's direction gives him no inner life." |
Dave Kehr |
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Underclassman (2005) |
"This is geared toward the preteen set, but director Marcos Siega proves inept at executing the most basic dramatic and comedic setups, and Cannon's mugging and preening quickly grow tiresome." |
Joshua Katzman |
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Underdog (2007) |
"The TV show was mildly subversive, with humor that children and adults could enjoy on different levels, but the movie strives for a blander, family-oriented middle ground." |
Joshua Katzman |
Tomato |
Underground Zero (2002) |
"Though none of these 13 videos culled from the project is superb on its own, the mix of perspectives encourages us to think analytically about our own responses and the sources of the terrorists' hatred." |
Fred Camper |
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Underworld (1927) |
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Dave Kehr |
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The Underworld Story (1950) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
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Undiscovered (2005) |
"It isn't bad enough to be good." |
J. R. Jones |
Tomato |
Unfaithfully Yours (1948) |
"No director ever matched Preston Sturges's way of blending low slapstick and literate dialogue comedy." |
Dave Kehr |
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An Unforgettable Summer (1996) |
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Jonathan Rosenbaum |
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The Unforgiven (1960) |
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Unforgiven (1992) |
"There's not much dramatic urgency apart from the revisionist context." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
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The Unheard Music (1985) |
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Unholy Rollers (1972) |
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Don Druker |
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The Unholy Three (1925) |
"Browning's obsession with deformity, sexual aberration, and death yielded many great moments but few wholly satisfying films -- up until his masterpiece of 1932, Freaks." |
Dave Kehr |
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The Uninvited (1944) |
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Pat Graham |
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Uninvited Guest (2000) |
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Union Pacific (1939) |
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Union Station (1950) |
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Don Druker |
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United 93 (2006) |
"Greengrass takes pains to keep events believable and relatively unrhetorical, rejecting entertainment for the sake of sober reflection, though one has to ask how edifying this is apart from its reduction of the standard myths." |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
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The United States of Leland (2004) |
"[Hoge] spends an awful lot of time trying to get us to understand Leland and almost none trying to get us to understand his victim." |
Mike Ervin |
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Universal Soldier: The Return (1999) |
"This SF action sequel must have been slapped together fast: live-action stunts created by uninspired editing lead up to computer-generated imagery that's just as lame." |
Lisa Alspector |
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