Tomato 4/5 |
The Sacrifice (1986) |
"Invaluable pointers on narrative patience, spiritual yearning and technical finesse." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato |
The Sacrifice (1986) |
"It's long, stately and po-faced (all reasons why Tarkovsky seems faintly unfashionable these days), but if it's extended, beautifully composed tracking shots you want, he's your man." |
David Gritten |
Splat 1/5 |
Saw II (2005) |
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Splat 1/5 |
Scar |
"This boasts of being "a first of its kind 3D movie event", but it's just the same old torture porn tarted up." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 2/5 |
School for Scoundrels (2006) |
"The comic sallies and set-pieces are very much at the wrong end of the bang-whimper spectrum." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 4/5 |
School of Rock (2003) |
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Splat 2/5 |
The Science of Sleep (2006) |
"Dreams are easy to invent, and as easy to forget. The real challenge is to invent stories that have a stake in logic as well as truth." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 3/5 |
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man (2008) |
"A ghostly, sonorous boom that sometimes feels like the loneliest sound in the world." |
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Tomato 3/5 |
The Sea Inside (2004) |
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Splat 1/5 |
The Secret Life of Bees (2008) |
"This ghastly ode to female companionship apparently derives from a bestselling novel, but it feels more like something stitched together from other sorority movies." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 1/5 |
The Secret of Moonacre (2008) |
"A sluggish narrative is further hampered by "comic" turns (Juliet Stevenson, as a gurning governess) and some frankly shameless knockoffs." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat |
The Seeker (2007) |
"By Americanising the hero and grotesquely distorting the plot, they can only alienate the fan-base and confuse the newcomer." |
Robert Hanks |
Splat 1/5 |
Semi-Pro (2008) |
"Ferrell seems to be running on empty, despite a luxuriant McEnroe afro-with-headband and a past as a one-hit wonder ("Love Me Sexy")." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 2/5 |
Separate Lies (2005) |
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Splat 2/5 |
The September Issue (2009) |
"Almost nothing of insight is allowed to intrude on the story, the single point of curiosity being the mild tension between the editor and her flame-haired, forthright creative director Grace Coddington." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 3/5 |
Seraphim Falls (2007) |
"Von Ancken at times brings his debut very close to something grand and memorable." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato |
Séraphine (2008) |
"This biopic, which swept the board at the Césaires, is somewhat over-inclined to reverence and simplification; but it is also, some of the time, rewarding and touching." |
Robert Hanks |
Splat |
A Serious Man (2009) |
"Comedy, even tragicomedy, should not feel like such hard work." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 1/5 |
Seven Pounds (2008) |
"Soppy romance and excruciating piety cling to the film like bindweed, summoning the ghost of sobfest Pay It Forward, with the divine parallels of self-sacrifice taken to extremes of righteous absurdity." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato |
The Seventh Seal (1957) |
"Not a friendly film, but in the consciousness of suffering, the search for meaning and the acceptance of death, all (or nearly all) of Bergman is in it." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 2/5 |
Shark Tale (2004) |
"Shark Tale is no disaster, but despite the efforts of three directors, two screenwriters and phalanxes of technicians, it seems to be treading water." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 3/5 |
Shattered Glass (2003) |
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Splat 2/5 |
Sheitan (2006) |
"The film, shot in a demented, headlong style, seems to have no idea of its direction other than the shelf marked "cult"." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 4/5 |
Shifty (2008) |
"Drug crime on the outskirts of London sounds neither promising nor original, but Eran Creevy's debut feature is more character study than the usual Britcrim parade of guns and geezers." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 2/5 |
Shorts (2009) |
"No denying his energy, but it's like the energy of a kid with attention deficit disorder: his stories can't settle on anything for more than a few minutes." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 3/5 |
Shrek 2 (2004) |
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Splat 2/5 |
Shrek the Third (2007) |
"It would be a good idea for those involved to quit while they're still (just about) winning." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 3/5 |
Shut Up & Sing (2006) |
"I came round to them by the end, but it's not a great introduction." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato |
Shutter |
"Competently handled, decently acted and contains a couple of twists in the final reel that may give you a jolt." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 3/5 |
Sicko (2007) |
"A devastating exposure of America's iniquitous healthcare system, coolly marshalled and amusingly detailed by Moore." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 5/5 |
Sideways (2004) |
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Tomato 3/5 |
Silent Night (2006) |
"One sequence, soundtracked almost entirely by rainfall, is an exquisite metaphorical display of emotional tumult." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 1/5 |
Silk (2007) |
"Tremulous eroticism a-go-go, but it's all completely lifeless." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 2/5 |
Sin City (2005) |
"Time was when movie-makers, even laws-unto- themselves such as Sam Peckinpah, could be trusted to examine the consequences of living every moment in mortal danger: violence meant something more to them than simple connoisseurship." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 3/5 |
Sin Nombre (2009) |
"A striking, and often quite gruelling, account of survival and flight in poverty-stricken Central America." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Singer (2006) |
"Depardieu, utterly relaxed, is a decent crooner, and what the film lacks in strong narrative it compensates for in charm and De France's odd loveliness." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 3/5 |
Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006) |
"While Pollack continually favours celebrity gush over objective analysis, the shots of Gehry's buildings – the Guggenheim in Bilbao being the centrepiece – and his stunning use of light do make a case for him as a genuine visionary." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 3/5 |
Skin (2009) |
"The early scenes are slightly stiff, and the acting uncertain, but this story of estrangement is sufficiently remarkable in itself." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 4/5 |
Sleep Furiously (2008) |
"The elegiac tenderness and pictorial beauty of Gideon Koppel's film becomes, by degrees, quite compelling." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 1/5 |
Smokin' Aces (2007) |
"The identity swaps, double-crosses and multiple shoot-em-ups are reminiscent of The Usual Suspects and early Tarantino, without the ingenuity of the former or the breakneck energy of the latter." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 2/5 |
The Soloist (2009) |
"Its oddness is chastening: what's ostensibly a triumph-of-the-spirit number doesn't make you feel very triumphant after all." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 2/5 |
Somers Town (2009) |
"Somers Town is Meadows' first venture outside his East Midlands stamping-ground. It has its lyrical moments, but I watched most of it through splayed fingers." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 2/5 |
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005) |
"Marc Rothemund's treatment is oppressively dull and unimaginative." |
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Splat 1/5 |
Sorority Row (2009) |
"I'm not sure there's any point to this beyond an invitation to ogle teenage girls in their underwear, running and screaming." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 4/5 |
Soul Power (2009) |
"Unseen for 35 years, its spectacle is undimmed, and you can pick many highlights." |
Anthony Quinn |
Splat 1/5 |
Southland Tales (2007) |
"They've left it late, but writer-director Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko) and his team have gone and scooped The Independent's Worst Film of 2007 award – against stiff competition, too." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 3/5 |
Sparkle (2007) |
"The Graduate comes to London in this thoughtful Britcom." |
Neil Smith |
Splat 1/5 |
The Spell (2009) |
"This Leeds-set occult mystery is made in so earnest and amateurish a style as to make the Children's Film Foundation look like Hitchcock." |
Anthony Quinn |
Tomato 3/5 |
Spider-Man 3 (2007) |
"Third time proves to be sticky." |
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Splat 2/5 |
St. Trinian's (2009) |
"The old St Trinian's movies with Alistair Sim weren't exactly comedy classics, but they look like gold next to this feeble, sloppily written caper." |
Anthony Quinn |
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