Tomato 3/4 |
At the Edge of the World (2009) |
"The result is an epic tale of hunter and hunted: a Moby-Dick for the environmental age." |
Fiona Morrow |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Ants (2006) |
"Engrossing and often harrowing." |
Jason Anderson |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
A Stone's Throw (2006) |
"Beautiful cinematography and a fine ensemble cast make A Stone's Throw well worth catching." |
Jennie Punter |
Tomato 2/4 |
Adam (2009) |
"Were it not for the fine engaging performances of both Dancy and Byrne, Adam would be sickly sweet." |
Jennie Punter |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adrift in Tokyo (2009) |
"Beautifully shot, Adrift in Tokyo offers an enchanting, revelatory ground-level experience of the city." |
Jennie Punter |
Splat 2.5/4 |
After The Wedding (2007) |
"At two hours, After the Wedding stretches out family flux too thinly and waits too long to reveal the final, devastating secret that we already know." |
Jennie Punter |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Arctic Tale (2007) |
"Nevertheless, Arctic Tale is a kid-friendly, non-preachy window on the north as a place of wonder and a harbinger of change -- and I'll take Queen Latifah's warm voice over Al Gore's drone any day." |
Jennie Punter |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Assassination Tango (2003) |
"About one commanding performance, fascinating to watch but not strong enough to redeem the muddled story line on which it hangs." |
Jennie Punter |
Splat 2/4 |
Astro Boy (2009) |
"Astro Boy definitely sets himself up for a sequel, and the overall scenario is ripe to explore many current issues. But let's hope the creators trade in the well-used parts for some fresh material." |
Jennie Punter |
Splat 1/4 |
August Rush (2007) |
"It's hard to believe in the magical power of music to heal and connect lost souls when the tunes are lame." |
Jennie Punter |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
August Sun (2003) |
"Although the interweaving of the three narratives gets choppy at times, the film's determined forward momentum keeps the viewer engaged and hoping, like the characters themselves, that satisfaction or resolution will be found at the end of the road." |
Jennie Punter |
Splat 1/4 |
Angel-A (2007) |
"Feels like a mash-up of It's a Wonderful Life and Xanadu, without the wholesome sweetness of the first and the campy excesses of the second." |
Kamal Al-Solaylee |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adoration (2009) |
"Once again, Egoyan has created a film that descends from ideas rather than experience, driven by theme rather than character, and he does both very well." |
Kate Taylor |
Splat 1/4 |
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) |
"A limp Eddie Murphy vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be part of." |
Kevin Courrier |
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 |
Splat 2/4 |
An American Rhapsody (2001) |
"A bland Hallmark card that serves as a tired tribute to family fortitude." |
Kevin Courrier |
Splat 1/4 |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
"Christine is a dipstick, a trait that the vapid, but pretty-voiced Emmy Rossum brings across with effortless, blank-eyed aplomb in this similarly idiotic film." |
Leah McLaren |
Splat 1/4 |
Are We There Yet? (2005) |
"Uh oh, pull over, I think I'm gonna be car sick." |
Leah McLaren |
Splat 2.5/4 |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"Richard Linklater's squiggly new film, A Scanner Darkly, is an ambitious attempt to find the right visual style to render the experience of drug addiction and the paranoid vision of novelist Philip K. Dick, into a distinctive visual form." |
Liam Lacey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Abel Raises Cain (2005) |
"Highly entertaining, in a casual, home-movie way." |
Liam Lacey |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"The movie isn't just about Schmidt as a personality, it's a portrait of his world, and Payne and co-writer Taylor show a rare compassion for the superficially comfortable." |
Liam Lacey |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) |
"There is something poignant about being 'the only kid in town without a Christmas tree.' Too bad you have to dig through so much stinky stuff to get to it." |
Liam Lacey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adoration (2009) |
"Though the plot borders on the abstruse, it's also the director's best film in a decade." |
Liam Lacey |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Adrenaline Rush (2004) |
"The script, all too typically for the format, is absurdly bombastic." |
Liam Lacey |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Adventures Of Elmo In Grouchland (1999) |
"How does it end? With a headache, of course, from all those cheering children." |
Liam Lacey |
Splat 2/4 |
Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
"For a movie aimed at children, Shark Boy and Lava Girl is gloomy." |
Liam Lacey |
Splat 2/4 |
After Sex (1997) |
"Narcissistic, skin-deep, cautionary tale about the dangers of middle-aged married women having flings with young men." |
Liam Lacey |
Splat 2/4 |
After the Sunset (2004) |
"The movie floats by like a drunken, mindless afternoon." |
Liam Lacey |
Splat 1/4 |
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004) |
"After 90 minutes of diligently searching the premises of ACB2, no evidence of mass entertainment can be found." |
Liam Lacey |
Splat 2/4 |
The Alamo (2004) |
"A drama mired in the mundane." |
Liam Lacey |
Splat 2/4 |
Alex and Emma (2003) |
"It's a little like Adaptation, but with the contemporary fashion for romantic comedies with a deadline." |
Liam Lacey |
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 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 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 2.5/4 |
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 |
Amadeus (1984) |
"The principal additions ... are more Amadeus, but not better." |
Liam Lacey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amandla: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2003) |
"A pleasure -- musically, intellectually and emotionally." |
Liam Lacey |
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 |
Splat 2/4 |
American Pie (1999) |
"Adam Herz's script is wildly uneven but occasionally quite funny." |
Liam Lacey |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
American Splendor (2003) |
"It's an inventive, mind-expanding exercise in heart and soul." |
Liam Lacey |
Tomato 3/4 |
Amreeka (2009) |
"A feel-good comedy about a Palestinian mother who moves to rural Illinois with her teenaged son, Amreeka is a kind of stealth political film that confronts issues of ethnic tension and American xenophobia." |
Liam Lacey |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Amu (2005) |
"Good intentions do eventually trump mediocre drama and the climactic flashbacks of the riots, as Sikhs are torn out of homes and trains by murderous mobs, are the stuff of nightmares." |
Liam Lacey |
Tomato 4/4 |
An Education (2009) |
"An Education is, as the title suggests, about Jenny exploring her own desires and shortfalls, and it's too smart a film for easy answers." |
Liam Lacey |
Splat 2/4 |
Analyze That (2002) |
"Patient suffers from serious delusions of humour and a desire to cash in on previously successful strategies." |
Liam Lacey |
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