Tomato 2.5/4 |
I am a Sex Addict (2005) |
"Candor wins points almost anywhere, and that's what Zahedi has, in spades." |
Michael Wilmington |
Splat 2/4 |
I Am David (2004) |
"Falls prey to the defect of all poor road movies: In gluing together unbelievable but convenient episodes with sugary sentimentality, it loses most of its credibility." |
Robert K. Elder |
Tomato 3/4 |
I Am Legend (2007) |
"For most of the way it's starker (even with the comic relief) and more eerie in its atmospherics than the usual big-budget monster." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
I Am Sam (2002) |
"It's a sensational performance, and [Penn] illumines a movie that sometimes seems in danger of descending into modish Hollywood political correctness." |
Michael Wilmington |
Tomato 3/4 |
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (2002) |
"In an industry that favors flash over substance, youth over experienced craftsmanship, Jones exposes the diseased core of corporate rock and its ramifications on any artist smaller than Britney Spears." |
Robert K. Elder |
Tomato 3/4 |
I Capture the Castle (2003) |
"A classy English film that lovingly re-creates a teenage girl's coming of age in the 1930s." |
Michael Wilmington |
Splat |
I Dreamed of Africa (2000) |
"Doesn't have much plot." |
Mark Caro |
Splat 2.5/4 |
I Have Never Forgotten You (2007) |
"More objective filmmakers might have delved a little deeper and produced something more real." |
Maureen M. Hart |
Tomato 3/4 |
I Heart Huckabees (2004) |
"It's filled with characters who, desperate to feel deep, want answers to life's big questions. And watching it, you, also desperate to feel deep, will want answers to big questions like, 'What's this all about?'" |
Allison Benedikt |
Splat 0/4 |
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2009) |
"Might be the most hypocritical feature in the history of film as well as the history of hypocrisy, and along with serving beer, I hope they show I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell in hell." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat 1.5/4 |
I Know Who Killed Me (2007) |
"Incoherent and semi-vile." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato 4/4 |
I Like Killing Flies (2006) |
"The central figure in this exuberant documentary, a committed Freudian who probably would've tossed Freud himself out had he looked at him sideways, spouts one gem after another." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat 1/4 |
I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) |
"I Love You, Beth Cooper provides so few laughs I nearly wandered out of the theater midway to go look for some somewhere." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato 3/4 |
I Love You, Man (2009) |
"The movie is The Odd Couple with a looser vibe and more oral sex references." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat 2/4 |
I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry (2007) |
"If Dugan's crude, occasionally effective effort ends up chipping away at America's moron class regarding gay rights, that'll be nice. But even unrepentant homophobes deserve funnier." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat 2.5/4 |
I Served the King of England (2008) |
"Tasty enough but inoffensive even when it should offend, provoke, startle." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat 1.5/4 |
I Spy (2002) |
"An overblown clunker full of bad jokes, howling cliches and by-the-numbers action sequences." |
Mark Caro |
Splat 2.5/4 |
I Think I Love My Wife (2007) |
"You can enjoy the cast in I Think I Love My Wife, but it's too bad they don't have more notes to play." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato 4/4 |
I Vitelloni (1953) |
"One of the screen's great portrayals of the hell-raising and malaise of young men in their 20s." |
Michael Wilmington |
Tomato 3/4 |
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2007) |
"I’ve no clue how the world will take to I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With. For Chicago, it’s a scrumptious, four-star banquet." |
Sid Smith |
Tomato 4/4 |
I'm Going Home (2002) |
"A work of devastating simplicity and poetic tact and grace." |
Michael Wilmington |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
I'm Not Scared (2004) |
"A virtuoso piece of dark storytelling." |
Robert K. Elder |
Tomato 3/4 |
I'm Not There (2007) |
"I appreciate Haynes' craft and ambition. I love the Ledger/Gainsbourg scenes, which are sweet and sad and delicately shaded. And Blanchett's inspired not-quite-impersonation of Dylan is reason enough to tussle with the rest of it." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato 3/4 |
I've Loved You So Long (2008) |
"[Kristin Scott Thomas] keeps a tight rein on her melodramatic instincts throughout. Then, at precisely the right moment, the character's delayed release becomes the audience's gratification." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato 3/4 |
I, Robot (2004) |
"A high-tech thriller that really works -- both because of its eye-popping visual feats and the ideas and humanity behind them." |
Michael Wilmington |
Tomato 4/5 |
I.O.U.S.A. (2008) |
"Packed with facts, figures and the testimony of policy experts, the film is no wallow in wonkiness, but a surprisingly sprightly tough-love lesson in fiscal responsibility." |
Sheri Linden |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ice Age (2002) |
"Real Ice Ages were no jokes. They lasted about 100,000 years and froze most life on the planet. But as long as Leguizamo's Sid and Wedge's Scrat are on screen, this one warms you with laughter." |
Michael Wilmington |
Splat 2/4 |
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) |
"Not bad, not good." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) |
"This Ice Age is still a good movie (especially for kids) with top-of-the-tech CGI." |
Michael Wilmington |
Splat 2/4 |
Ice Princess (2005) |
"OK, here's how we're going to do this: I'll describe the central characters in Disney's new ice-skating flick, Ice Princess, and you guess the plot. Multiple choice. Take your time. Be smart. Go." |
Allison Benedikt |
Splat 2/4 |
Ichi the Killer (2002) |
"Any serious message has been sacrificed on the altar of excess, making us realize why the stylish story probably worked better as a graphic comic book than as a film." |
John Petrakis |
Tomato 3/4 |
Identity (2003) |
"It's a relentlessly tricky and scary show, with a bit more plot and humanity than this kind of modern Grand Guignol usually gives us." |
Michael Wilmington |
Splat |
Idle Hands (1999) |
"A major buzzkill!" |
Monica Eng |
Tomato 3/4 |
Idlewild (2006) |
"Idlewild is an engaging, original movie musical. It turns all sorts of pop cultural icons on their heads and delivers a smart commentary on race and class in 20th Century America." |
Sid Smith |
Splat 2/4 |
If I Didn't Care (2007) |
"The ending offers a bit of a surprise, but overall events are pretty much telegraphed, but not as fast in transmission. The running time is not much more than an hour, but it seems much, much longer." |
Michael Esposito |
Tomato 3/4 |
Igby Goes Down (2002) |
"A kinetic drama that seems to wander aimlessly, beautifully until it crashes in an odd anti-climax befitting reality itself." |
Robert K. Elder |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Igor (2008) |
"My kid went with it, and I had a fairly good time, as I waited for the reappearance of a marble-mouthed peasant tart, voiced by Jennifer Coolidge. Half the time her line readings are hilarious, and it's impossible to know why." |
Michael Phillips |
Tomato 4/4 |
Ikiru (1952) |
"If you have never seen it, you should. If you have seen it before, your admiration will only increase." |
Michael Wilmington |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Illegal Tender (2007) |
"Potentially compelling questions of ethnicity, privilege and societal inequities lurk in the background, but instead of addressing them, the film flounders in melodrama." |
Tasha Robinson |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Illusionist (2006) |
"Crisply acted by a cast murmuring, in low tones, about truth and illusion, The Illusionist overcomes the major obstacle in films (and there haven't been many) about the world of stage magicians." |
Michael Phillips |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Imaginary Heroes (2004) |
"Except for Weaver's surprisingly funny, bitter performance as the film's grieving, wise-cracking, pot-smoking mother, I didn't much like Heroes -- or rather, I admired part of it without getting much engaged or moved." |
Michael Wilmington |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Imagine Me & You (2006) |
"I guess there's something progressive going on when a lesbian love story gets to be just as dreadful and tacky as most straight ones." |
Allison Benedikt |
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IMAX - Journey into Amazing Caves (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
IMAX - Ocean Oasis (2002) |
"A photographic marvel of sorts, and it's certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community." |
Michael Wilmington |
Splat 2/4 |
IMAX - Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun (1997) |
"Doesn't transcend the feeling that the content never achieves the kinetic power and magnetism of the IMAX format." |
Patrick Z. McGavin |
Tomato 3/4 |
Imelda (2004) |
"When a filmmaker can get Imelda Marcos, once one of the 10 richest women in the world, to pull out a Sharpie and draw a Pac-Man, she's alright by me." |
Allison Benedikt |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Importance of Being Earnest (2002) |
"The Importance of Being Earnest resonates and inspires rapid-fire bouts of laughter, perhaps even a few giggles from the author himself, whom posterity has rewarded the last laugh." |
Robert K. Elder |
Splat |
Impostor (2001) |
"Impostor starts as a tribute to Philip K. Dick and winds up selling its soul to Arnold Schwarzenegger." |
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The Impostors (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
Mark Caro |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
In America (2003) |
"Sheridan's labor of love becomes a testament to love, presenting the triumph of spirit over circumstances." |
Mark Caro |
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