Splat 2/4 |
Alexander (2004) |
"Call it Alexander the Grate, because, over the marathon of its three-hour running time, this wonky epic really does get on your nerves." |
Rick Groen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alexandra's Project (2005) |
"Buday is coolly persuasive in the seesaw role of an unbalanced housewife who jerks from despair to anger." |
Stephen Cole |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Alfie (2004) |
"It leaves Jude Law hanging out to dry. He looks like the young Michael Caine, he talks straight to the camera like the young Michael Caine, but this time our hunk has got zilch to say." |
Rick Groen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ali (2001) |
"[Mann] manages to dissect the sport visually, transcending the brutality cliché to reveal how speed and power and courage combine with fatigue and desperation and fear." |
Rick Groen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alias Betty (2002) |
"A dashing and absorbing outing with one of France's most inventive directors." |
Ray Conlogue |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Alice et Martin (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rick Groen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alien Resurrection (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 2/4 |
Alien vs. Predator (2004) |
"In the battle of the ugly syrup creatures with teeth, can anyone really be declared a winner?" |
Liam Lacey |
Splat 1/4 |
Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) |
"That the first of many rote 'chest-burster' shots occurs 15 seconds into the movie is but one indication of the latest instalment's poverty of fresh shocks and rank air of desperation." |
Jason Anderson |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Alila (2004) |
"It's too acerbic to be funny and too detached to be really moving." |
Liam Lacey |
Tomato 4/4 |
All About My Mother (1999) |
"This self-styled 'screwball melodrama,' a dance of grief, comedy, coincidence and resilience -- has a genuine emotional impact unlike anything Almodovar has done before." |
Liam Lacey |
Tomato 3/4 |
All About Steve (2009) |
"Bullock, easing into her mid-40s with box-office mojo intact, remains the star attraction as the annoyingly endearing Mary. You simply can't imagine another actor of her stature pulling it off." |
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Tomato 2.5/4 |
All About the Benjamins (2002) |
"In this refreshingly shameless celebration of money and expensive stuff, director Kevin Bray grabs every retro action-film cliché." |
Liam Lacey |
Splat 2/4 |
All Hat (2007) |
"There is no getting around that the film is as dry as an unpaved country road." |
Stephen Cole |
Splat 2.5/4 |
All I Wanna Do (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 3/4 |
All or Nothing (2002) |
"Everything you've come to expect, and cherish, in a Mike Leigh movie." |
Rick Groen |
Splat 2.5/4 |
All Over the Guy (2001) |
"The principals begin to lose any distinction and soon start sounding exactly the same." |
Rick Groen |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2009) |
"Director Jonathan Levine's film displays an intelligence lacking in most teen slasher pics." |
Mark Medley |
Splat 2.5/4 |
All The King's Men (2006) |
"Sean Penn's work here is so mesmerizing, so intense, so guaranteed to put him front and centre when Oscar reads out the nominees, as to almost obscure the multiple failings of the misguided movie around it." |
Rick Groen |
Splat 2.5/4 |
All the Pretty Horses (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
All the Real Girls (2003) |
"It's a love story stripped of trite narrative conventions and made to feel searingly honest." |
Rick Groen |
Splat 2/4 |
All Together Now (2008) |
"All Together Now, like most "making of" documentaries, is just another well-oiled cog in the publicity machine." |
Rick Groen |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Almost Famous (2000) |
"This is the celluloid version of a glossy magazine feature -- easily perused, modestly entertaining, the kind of piece designed to please the publisher by not taxing (or offending) the reader." |
Rick Groen |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Along Came a Spider (2001) |
"There are popcorn movies, and then there are movies like this one, which, by its conclusion, make you want to toss your empty popcorn bag at the screen." |
Liam Lacey |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Along Came Polly (2004) |
"Depends on the mistaken belief that Jennifer Aniston's appeal is so universally recognizable it's unnecessary to write a fully-rounded character for her." |
Liam Lacey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alpha Dog (2007) |
"Alpha Dog is a commanding ensemble piece." |
Stephen Cole |
Splat 2/4 |
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
"By the end of the movie, even the Chipmunks' youngest fans will find themselves wishing that Alvin and the boys would get back to where they once belonged: a tree." |
Stephen Cole |
Splat 2/4 |
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009) |
"Every time an adult ended up in traction or broke wind, the three-year-olds in the audience were freshly ecstatic." |
Liam Lacey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amadeus (1984) |
"The principal additions ... are more Amadeus, but not better." |
Liam Lacey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amal (2008) |
"Most of the actors invest their characters with enough warmth to render them fully human." |
Jason Anderson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amandla: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2003) |
"A pleasure -- musically, intellectually and emotionally." |
Liam Lacey |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Amazing Grace (2007) |
"So much to admire and so little to amaze." |
Rick Groen |
Splat 2/4 |
Amelia (2009) |
"Seldom has a bio's style clashed so deafeningly with its content." |
Rick Groen |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amelie (2001) |
"A feel-good flick with artsy ambitions." |
Rick Groen |
Tomato 3/4 |
America's Sweethearts (2001) |
"The kind of flick that gives fluff a good name." |
Rick Groen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
American Beauty (1999) |
"This is definitely a knife-to-the-heart movie -- the kind whose potent effect is easy to feel yet hard to describe." |
Rick Groen |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
American Buffalo (1996) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 2/4 |
American Dreamz (2006) |
"A random episode of American Idol offers more comedy and drama, not to mention more disturbing insights into contemporary popular culture, than American Dreamz." |
Stephen Cole |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Gangster (2007) |
"As an entertaining cops-and-crook procedural -- it's not half-bad, jacked up by strong performances, a couple of bravura action scenes and a generous attention to period detail." |
Liam Lacey |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
American History X (1998) |
"What partly redeems American History X from its most preachy excesses -- and makes it worth seeing -- is a brilliant, career-high performance by actor Edward Norton." |
Liam Lacey |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Movie (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 1.5/4 |
American Outlaws (2001) |
"Whitewashes the characters and fudges all the issues by turning a powerful group of desperadoes into all-American heroes." |
Kevin Courrier |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Perfekt (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 2/4 |
American Pie (1999) |
"Adam Herz's script is wildly uneven but occasionally quite funny." |
Liam Lacey |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Pie 2 (2001) |
"Hollywood may treat us comedy fans like we're idiots, but we know a good super-glue joke when we see it." |
Jason Anderson |
Splat 2.5/4 |
American Pimp (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
American Psycho (2000) |
"A well-crafted yet essentially innocuous period piece." |
Rick Groen |
Splat 2/4 |
An American Rhapsody (2001) |
"A bland Hallmark card that serves as a tired tribute to family fortitude." |
Kevin Courrier |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
American Splendor (2003) |
"It's an inventive, mind-expanding exercise in heart and soul." |
Liam Lacey |
Splat 2.5/4 |
American Teen (2008) |
"The doc seems a bit imitative itself, aping the slick manners of its poor cousin on the small screen -- reality TV." |
Rick Groen |
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