Tomato 4/4 |
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) |
"A magical film." |
Michael Wilmington |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Eagle Eye (2008) |
"For all its digitally effected chaos, the cinematic threat level in Eagle Eye never even comes close to orange." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Easy Virtue (2009) |
"Elliott nearly turns the whole affair into a musical, with characters singing snatches of Coward and Cole Porter songs. But his sense of humor is extremely broad." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat 1/4 |
Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (2006) |
"... cheerful but one-note ..." |
Michael Wilmington |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Edge of Heaven (2008) |
"The film has a bit of the overdetermined, cosmic-coincidence quality you find, for example, in a work like Babel. These are troubled people caught in the grip of fate, yet Akin, I think, has the skill and the insight to make do with a little less p" |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Edmond (2006) |
"The most effective Mamet play adaptation I've seen since James Foley's blistering 1992 Glengarry Glen Ross." |
Michael Wilmington |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Edukators (2005) |
"For a film that points out so much wrong with German society and shows such dubious, dangerous behavior, it leaves the audience with high spirits and a sense of crazy exhilaration." |
Michael Wilmington |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Edvard Munch (1976) |
"Brings us close to both the creator and his creations." |
Michael Wilmington |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Eight Below (2006) |
"Eight Below is the Brian's Song of dog movies: schmaltzy, feel-goody, inspired-by-a-true-story-y. It's formulaic and frequently over the top, 30 minutes too long and altogether too slow." |
Allison Benedikt |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Eight Legged Freaks (2002) |
"However many screaming teenagers it produces at the multiplexes, Eight Legged Freaks isn't good or funny enough to reinvigorate the style. It can't even maintain its own initial zing." |
Michael Wilmington |
Splat 2/4 |
Eight Miles High (2007) |
"The attractive but bird-brained German biopic Eight Miles High brings up the question of tone, and it never comes close to answering it. The film's tone is utterly indistinct, beyond fatuous adoration of its subject." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato 3/4 |
Eisenstein (2002) |
"If you're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director's life, Eisenstein delivers." |
John Petrakis |
Tomato 3/4 |
El Bola (2000) |
"Mana gives us compelling, damaged characters who we want to help -- or hurt." |
Robert K. Elder |
Tomato 3/4 |
El Camino (2009) |
"An existentially loaded road trip, El Camino succeeds thanks to director Erik Weigel, tackling his first full-length feature, and a talented cast that includes Elisabeth Moss of Mad Men." |
Maureen M. Hart |
Tomato 3/4 |
Election (2005) |
"[Director To's] talent for documentary-style realism and navigating complex political systems sets him apart, though his nationalism puts him squarely in the mainstream." |
Robert K. Elder |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Elegy (2008) |
"Elegy is a curious example of misplaced good taste. Spanish-born director Isabel Coixet's film, adapted by Nicholas Meyer, recasts into softer, more palatable material the...third in Philip Roth's stories driven by the sensual obsessions of Roth al" |
Michael Phillips |
Splat 1/4 |
Elektra (2005) |
"Devotees of awful filmmaking can't go wrong with this one." |
Michael Wilmington |
Tomato 3/4 |
Elephant (2003) |
"An exercise in voyeurism and a trancelike plunge into the dark side of American teen life that can both fascinate and repel you." |
Michael Wilmington |
Tomato 3/5 |
Eleven Minutes (2009) |
"McCarroll is as cocky and cantankerous as he is compelling, which leads to a glut of histrionic moments, including spectacular scuffles with his publicists and his staff." |
Alexis Loinaz |
Tomato 3/4 |
Elf (2003) |
"Formulaic but lovable." |
Robert K. Elder |
Splat 2/4 |
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) |
"It is a silly film about serious matters, challenged by a multiple-personality disorder -- multiple multiple-personality disorders, in fact -- but more or less saved from pure nonsense by Blanchett." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato 1/4 |
Elizabethtown (2005) |
"It dares you to care about any of its people or incidents or sentiments, foisting the characters' little comic quirks on the audience like they're fenced goods." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Ella Enchanted (2004) |
"It's glossy, shiny candy that tastes oddly familiar yet lacks sugary punch." |
Robert K. Elder |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Ellie Parker (2005) |
"The premise -- someone trying to inject meaning into a necessarily vacuous existence -- is depressing, but there are moments of vaguely uncomfortable hilarity. The whole endeavor, however, winds up feeling flat and a bit dull." |
Jessica Reaves |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Embalmer (2003) |
"The movie, a keen look at the way passion unravels and obsession destroys, creates a black mood, a sense of truth and an enduring chill that stay with you." |
Michael Wilmington |
Tomato 3/4 |
Emmanuel's Gift (2005) |
"This film becomes memorable through the sheer force of Emmanuel's personality: his ready smile, his intent gaze, his fierce resolution and the way he keeps moving forward, against all barriers." |
Michael Wilmington |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Emperor's Club (2002) |
"Kline gives a beautiful performance, one every bit as moving as Williams' in Dead Poets Society, Robert Donat's in Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Michael Redgrave's in The Browning Version." |
Michael Wilmington |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Emperor's New Clothes (2002) |
"A sumptuous showcase for Ian Holm, who delivers not one but two great performances." |
Loren King |
Splat |
The Emperor's New Groove (2000) |
"Obviously a movie without new ideas, born out of a certain desperation." |
Michael Wilmington |
Splat 2/4 |
Empire (2002) |
"Looks and feels like a low-budget hybrid of Scarface or Carlito's Way." |
Robert K. Elder |
Tomato |
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) |
"It balances bloodshed with charm, spectacle with childlike glee. It's a near flawless movie of its kind." |
Gene Siskel |
Tomato 3/4 |
Enchanted (2007) |
"[Amy Adams is] every Disney princess in one ebullient package." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Encounters At the End of the World (2007) |
"Werner Herzog is a magnet for obsessives, and his lovely new film, Encounters at the End of the World, takes you places an ordinary filmmaker might've gone to yet missed completely." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat |
End of Days (1999) |
"End of Days is an overblown, overspectacular, oversold movie without an original idea in its head." |
Michael Wilmington |
Tomato 3/4 |
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2004) |
"Does justice to the humble punk band from Queens that influenced everyone from The Clash and Sex Pistols to U2 and Green Day." |
Lou Carlozo |
Splat 1/4 |
End of the Spear (2006) |
"End of the Spear is a childish and visually repetitive movie, ham-fisted, proselytizing and overtly simplified." |
Allison Benedikt |
Tomato |
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2001) |
"Most of all, it is a salute to Shackleton himself, whose calm and grace under extreme pressure helped guarantee that not a single crew member would be lost." |
John Petrakis |
Tomato 3/4 |
Enduring Love (2004) |
"Slowly, inexorably, it ties you in knots." |
Michael Wilmington |
Tomato 3/4 |
Enemy at the Gates (2001) |
"Elaborate, exciting and lavishly shot." |
Michael Wilmington |
Tomato |
Enemy of the State (1998) |
"If the creation of paranoia is entertainment, Enemy of the State works." |
Gene Siskel |
Splat |
Enemy of the State (1998) |
"Watching this movie is like being wired to a TV set on permanent channel-surf mode!" |
Michael Wilmington |
Tomato 4/4 |
The English Surgeon (2009) |
"Exceptionally well-crafted, this doc may appeal most to those who have a doctor in the family. But I can't imagine anyone seeing it dispassionately." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato 3/4 |
Enigma (2002) |
"Not enigmatically at all, it pleases and teases us -- in high style." |
Michael Wilmington |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Enough (2002) |
"Despite a story that starts off convincingly, this movie turns into melodramatic, revenge-crazy Hollywood mush." |
Michael Wilmington |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) |
"The movie does more than entertain and enlighten you. At the end, you also realize you've been watching a classic American tale, one that we can only hope will never be repeated -- though it well might be." |
Michael Wilmington |
Splat |
Entrapment (1999) |
"A wildly expensive movie full of computers, nonsense and violence, a film where wit, romance, elegance - everything - is sacrificed on the altar of giganticism, cliche and over-the-top action." |
Michael Wilmington |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Envy (2004) |
"A shaggy dog-poop story that'll make you wish you could spray something at the screen to make it disappear." |
Mark Caro |
Splat 2/4 |
Equilibrium (2002) |
"The characters act like robots, and the story unfolds like a computer program." |
Michael Wilmington |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Eragon (2006) |
"Eragon has the courage of its earnest, borderline-humorless convictions." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato |
Erin Brockovich (2000) |
"One of the gutsiest, most exciting, and most satisfying courtroom docudramas ever, one that genuinely lifts the spirits as you watch it." |
Michael Wilmington |