Splat 2/5 |
W. (2008) |
"Little dramatic flare and few insights into politics or the Presidency." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Wackness (2008) |
"An oddball buddy movie about a friendship betweeen a lonely teeenager and a therapist undergoing a mid-life crisis." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
Wag the Dog (1997) |
"Explores how the deliberate creation of unreality has become one of the most salient aspects of life in our times." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
Waiting for Happiness (2003) |
"A spellbinding African film about the modern condition of rootlessness, a state experienced by millions around the globe." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
Waiting for the Moon (1987) |
"Beautifully conveys that special feeling when two separate individuals find themselves at one with each other and the world." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
Waiting to Exhale (1995) |
"Offers a winning portrait of sassy black sister solidarity." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 5/5 |
Waitress (2007) |
"Does what a great romantic comedy should do: steal your heart and send you on your way rejoicing. One of the best films of the year." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
Waking Life (2001) |
"A visionary animated film of deep play that is stylistically innovative and spiritually rich in content." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
Waking Ned Devine (1998) |
"A rollicking and playful comedy that encourages us to catch joy as it flies." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
Waking the Dead (2000) |
"Stirs the heart and stretches the soul with its unique blend of love and politics.
" |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 4/5 |
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005) |
"A searing expose of the greed and systemic poor treatment of its workers by the largest corporation in the world." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 4/5 |
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) |
"A rambunctious and funny musical spoof of musical biopics starring John C. Reilly." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
A Walk in the Clouds (1995) |
"Engaging romantic fable about a young man who fulfils his destiny by falling in love with the woman of his dreams." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
A Walk On the Moon (1998) |
"A beautifully acted drama about infidelity in the summer of 1969 when astronauts landed on the moon and the counterculture celebrated sexual liberation at Woodstock.
" |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 5/5 |
Walk the Line (2005) |
"One of the best films of the year with its special attention to the important role that our primal emotions play in life, love, and creativity." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 3/5 |
A Walk to Beautiful (2008) |
"An enlightening documentary about a serious problem in Ethiopia suffered by poor women who have had obstructed pregnancies." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Splat 1/5 |
Walker (1987) |
"Ed Harris in the lead role valiantly tries to make the best of a bad situation, but the cartoon dimensions of the story leave him twisting in the wind." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Walker (2007) |
"A morally charged drama about the nasty games played by the rich and the powerful in Washington, D.C." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
Walking and Talking (1996) |
"A funny and fetching drama about friendships between women." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Wall (2004) |
"A scary and poignant documentary about the wall dividing Palestinian territories from Israel." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
Wall Street (1987) |
"A hard-hitting morality tale about how the lines between right and wrong are being blurred in the very compettive marketplace." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 5/5 |
WALL-E (2008) |
"The tender and touching story of a lonely robot on Earth who falls in love and becomes a spiritual teacher to all who encounter him." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 5/5 |
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) |
"A witty and wonderful clay-animated comedy that is a charmer from start to finish with its two endearing antiheroes and its clever puns and wry references to other movies." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
The Wanderers (1979) |
"The Wanderers does a fine job mapping adolescent rebelliousness." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Wannsee Conference (1987) |
"The Wannsee Conference excoriates the bureaucrats in the Third Reich who decide in a businesslike manner how to most efficiently eliminate millions of human beings." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
The War (1994) |
"Presents the efforts of a father to teach his children the ideals he believes give life meaning and purpose.
" |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
The War at Home (1996) |
"Shows the explosions generated by the Vietnam War after soldiers left the battlefields." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 3/5 |
War Dance (2007) |
"An uplifting documentary about the healing powers of music, song, and dance on a group of traumatized Ugandan youth who participate in a National Music Competition." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 5/5 |
War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death (2008) |
"A hard-hitting documentary against the madness of war and the failure of journalists to speak truth to power." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 3/5 |
War of the Worlds (2005) |
"Delivering much more than a sci-fi extravaganza for the age of terrorism, Spielberg keeps us rooting for a family facing danger from without and distress from within." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
War Photographer (2002) |
"War Photographer is a powerful documentary about a gifted and idealistic peace maker in a world torn by conflict, pain and suffering." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 3/5 |
The War Tapes (2006) |
"Plenty of money for big businesses in Operation Iraqi Freedom but little moral or financial support for returning troops and their traumas." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) |
"Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is a quirky and poignant Japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women, water, nature, and sexuality." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Splat 2/5 |
Warning Sign (1985) |
"This film written begins with the seriousness of The Andromeda Strain and then veers off into something akin to The Return of the Living Dead. The two genres don’t mix." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2004) |
"An ambitious film that unsuccessfully tries to mix elements of a movie Western with mystical elements from Buddhist folklore." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Wash (1989) |
"Has much to say about traveling from the country of marriage to the land of divorce." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
Washington Heights (2003) |
"A fine Latino film exploring the transformation of a conflict-ridden relationship between a Dominican-born store owner and his comic book illustrator son." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
Washington Square (1997) |
"Registers strongly on the emotions as a poignant and powerful meditation upon loss.
" |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 3/5 |
Watchmen (2009) |
"A phantasmagorical tale" |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 5/5 |
Water (2006) |
"One of the best movies of the year with its extraordinary depiction of plight of Indian widows and their yearning for liberation." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007) |
" An adventure story about a boy and a creature he raises who just might be the Loch Ness monster." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 3/5 |
Water Lilies (2007) |
"Explores the rawness of one teenage girl's feelings as she rides the roller-coaster ride of ups and downs in a mysterious and enthralling relationship." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
The Waterdance (1992) |
"A paraplegic squares off against fear, anger, loneliness and despair." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
Watership Down (1978) |
"A respectful screen version of Richard Adams' bestselling novel." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
The Way Home (2002) |
"A wonderful Korean film that is a tutorial on the miracles that can be wrought by unconditional love." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 5/5 |
The Way We Get By (2009) |
"An extraordinary documentary that celebrates the heroism and the spiritual practice of kindness in the lives of three elders who serve as troop greeters in Bangor, Maine." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato |
Waydowntown (2002) |
"Canadian filmmaker Gary Burns' inventive and mordantly humorous take on the soullessness of work in the city." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 3/5 |
We Are Marshall (2006) |
"An inspiring story that shows how sports can be a healing force in times of loss and grief." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 4/5 |
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) |
"We Don't Live Here Anymore convincingly dissects the impact of adultery on two shaky marriages in a small New England college town." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Weather Man (2005) |
"A quirky but deeply spiritual movie about an awkward and unhappy man whose journey to self-acceptance is riddled with obstacles of his own making." |
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
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