Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (2008)

"The cycle of youth and age and the trope of a journey come together inevitably, maybe predictably, but not without sparks of wisdom."

Baby Boy (2001)

"Baby Boy is a movie that will act like a smack in the face to some audiences, while others may simply laugh in recognition."

The Bachelor (1999)

"You know a movie is desperately overreaching when Peter Ustinov, affecting a dreadful southern accent as Jimmy's grandfather, must yell into a megaphone for no apparent reason: 'The human condition!'"

Backstage (2006)

"From that very first scene, which plays like a berserk fantasy erupting into the movie's 'reality,' I found Backstage almost impossible to believe."

Bad City (2006)

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Bad Education (2004)

"If only Bad Education engaged the heart as much as the head, Almodovar's fractured tale might have risen above its alienating noir conventions."

Bad News Bears (2005)

"A good movie, not the disgraceful, witlessly modernized rip-off we have grown to expect from remakes."

Baghead (2008)

"Delightfully unpredictable."

Bait (2000)

"This film wastes a lot of good actors."

Ballast (2008)

"Ballast strikes me as one of the few American pictures of 2008 to say what it wants to say, visually and narratively, about a specific situation and part of the country, in a way that transcends regional specifics."

Ballets Russes (2005)

"Ballets Russes may not be the greatest dance documentary ever made, but it could well be the most accessible and touching."

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2005)

"A fine, gentle film love story and a cinematic tribute to the power and manifold benefits of communications between different cultures and nations."

Bamboozled (2000)

"It's a movie that both entertains and provokes -- would we expect anything less from Spike Lee?"

The Band's Visit (2007)

"You can watch The Band's Visit for its political idealism, or you can watch it for entertainment value alone. In either case, it doesn't disappoint."

Bandslam (2009)

"The bonus in this modest charmer? Not a single major female character, including Will’s single mother played by Lisa Kudrow, is subjected to the usual Hollywood rom-com demonization."

The Banger Sisters (2002)

"A lot of fun, with an undeniable energy sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers."

The Bank (2002)

"Like the film itself, Jim Doyle is smart enough to be engaging and lovely to look at, but he's too one-dimensional to be satisfying."

The Bank Job (2008)

"Any heist film containing the line 'I will not be lectured by the porn king of Soho!' is on the right track."

Baran (2002)

"A mix of gritty realism, crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in."

Barbershop (2002)

"An entertaining, surprisingly well-written and often rowdily amusing picture."

Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (2006)

"Barnyard can at least hold its head up as a sharply scripted effort that, while assembled from familiar elements, does not feel focus-grouped and committeed to death."

Basic Instinct 2 (2006)

"In Basic Instinct 2 the manufactured thrill is gone."

Battle for Terra (2009)

"Why is the film almost good, which is to say, not bad but not more? Largely, I think, it's because screenwriter Evan Spiliotopoulos invents a lot of narrative complication of minimal interest to stretch out a short film to feature length."

The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)

"Without any of the dramatic transitions, we're left with a pileup of scenes, none of them very funny, and a thin, linear plot."

The Baxter (2005)

"Michael Showalter is a funny man, but … how to put this gently … not a funny movie star."