L'Iceberg (2005)

"It's heartening to see anyone pull off any sort of comedy along these classically established lines."

La Ley De Herodes (2000)

"As [Estrada's] fast-moving scenes raced toward the big-bang finish, I never wanted the dust to settle."

La Vie En Rose (2007)

"Wildly uneven. Fully half of writer-director Olivier Dahan's drama sticks to the surface, and even then, many of the factually accurate bits come off as Hollywood lies."

Ladder 49 (2004)

"A condescending and cloying melodrama, constructed around the almighty flashback and slick in pretending to tell the human story."

Ladron que Roba a Ladron (To Rob a Thief) (2007)

"It's refreshing to see a bit of escapism that takes place in contemporary Southern California as seen, and lived, by those uninterested in aping the Ocean's 13 vibe of ice-coolness."

Lady in the Water (2006)

"Just when the story begs for some clean lines and a sense of direction, we get dithering and misdirection and another confused-tenants sequence."

Ladykillers (2004)

"Another offbeat Coen gem, gleaming with verbal and pictorial style, exploding with wit and slapstick."

The Lake House (2006)

"This is a project whose elements, from concept to script to casting, refuse to follow the usual formulas, which is good, yet they never quite cohere."

Lake Placid (1999)

"An almost mystifyingly bad movie!"

Lakeview Terrace (2008)

"The actors make it watchable, but with these incendiary themes, 'watchable' isn’t exactly a wildfire."

Lana's Rain (2004)

"Uses the great recurring American movie theme of immigrants arriving in the big American cities to both good and bad advantage."

Lantana (2001)

"A meditation on fidelity in marriage where the suspense and surprises stem from who has -- or hasn't -- been betraying each other and how."

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)

"A shallow, cliche-ridden mess that keeps blowing up on screen."

Lars Von Triers Epidemic (1987)

"Will never be confused with von Trier's great films. But it is an intriguing introduction to his later cinematic obsessions."

The Last Castle (2001)

"An absurd movie, even though it's directed and acted with a skill that keeps your subversive thoughts temporarily at bay as you watch it."

Last Days (2005)

"Van Sant uses Cobain's image for a portrait of physical and moral disintegration, but he also exhilarates us with his mastery of image and sound."

The Last House on the Left (2009)

"This film...is what it is: a stark story of bloodthirstiness quenched, first by the obvious antagonists, then by sympathetic, civilized characters who avenge the atrocities that have come before."

The Last Kiss (2002)

"While Last Kiss may strike some as a calculated crowd-pleaser, it's cleverly calculated, perceptive and often quite funny -- and a bit darker than it may first appear."

The Last Mimzy (2007)

"The movie fails to supply us with an antagonist to work up some dramatic conflict. Nor are the toys themselves very interesting and Mimzy is a toy bunny of no distinction."

Last Orders (2002)

"A movie I loved on first sight and, even more important, love in remembrance."

Last Resort (2001)

"Gritty, offbeat, appealing love story."

The Last Shot (2004)

"[Director Jeff Nathanson] sucks the life and the timing out of every scene."

Last Stop For Paul (2008)

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Last Year at Marienbad (1961)

"To even talk of a story is nonsensical, since a central aesthetic of the film involves the effects of fantasy, time and subjective memory on human consciousness. Marienbad takes place in a heightened, sci-fi nightmare world where knowing, believing"

Late Marriage (2001)

"One of those welcome visitors, a movie that turns out to be much more than we expected."