Splat 1.5/4 |
V For Vendetta (2005) |
"Flat and pretentious, V for Vendetta plays like a comic book version of an al-Qaeda recruiting video." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 1/4 |
Va Savoir (2001) |
"The director takes forever -- over two and one half hours -- to say almost nothing." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 2/4 |
Valentin (2004) |
"Cloying and annoying seven-year-old Rodrigo Noya stars in a story that is silly, sappy and sometimes bittersweet." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 1/4 |
Valentine (2001) |
"As generic a horror movie as you're ever likely to find." |
Steve Rhodes |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Valet (2007) |
"A sweet little movie worth many smiles and possibly an occasional laugh or two." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 2/4 |
Valiant (2005) |
"Will engage your little ones minimally while in the theaters but will leave them without any desire to get the DVD later in order to see it again." |
Steve Rhodes |
Tomato 3/4 |
Valkyrie (2008) |
"Achieves the authenticity of something that the History Channel would be proud of." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 2/4 |
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) |
"At one-and-three-quarter hours, its limitations as a movie begin to wear you down long before the ending credits roll." |
Steve Rhodes |
Tomato 3/4 |
Vampires (1998) |
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Steve Rhodes |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Van (1996) |
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Steve Rhodes |
Splat 1/4 |
Van Helsing (2004) |
"Bring your earplugs because this ungodly mess is as painfully loud as it is mind-numbingly stupid." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Vanilla Sky (2001) |
"Someone should buy Crowe a pair of scissors. I'd love to see a much shorter director's cut." |
Steve Rhodes |
Tomato 4/4 |
Vanity Fair (2004) |
"Told against a lush and vast canvas, Mira Nair's Vanity Fair is one of the very best movies of the year." |
Steve Rhodes |
Tomato 4/4 |
Vantage Point (2008) |
"I was quite literally on the edge of my seat for all of its lightning fast ninety minutes. It's not just merely good -- it's nothing less than one of the best pictures of the year" |
Steve Rhodes |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) |
"It is not a happy movie, but it is a very thought provoking one." |
Steve Rhodes |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Vares - Yksityisetsivä (2004) |
"Kind of fun even not especially original." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Varsity Blues (1998) |
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Steve Rhodes |
Splat 2/4 |
Velvet Goldmine (1998) |
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Steve Rhodes |
Tomato 3/4 |
Venus (2006) |
"It makes a nice arc from an entertaining beginning to a bittersweet ending." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 6/10 |
Venus Beauty Institute (2000) |
"Although pleasant enough, the movie, with its most memorable parts being its color scheme and sound effects, is not something worth recommending." |
Steve Rhodes |
Tomato 4/4 |
Vera Drake (2004) |
"Devastating wonderful." |
Steve Rhodes |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Verflixt Verliebt (2004) |
"A sweet screwball comedy." |
Steve Rhodes |
Tomato 3/4 |
Veronica Guerin (2003) |
"An engrossing thriller ... with another superlative performance by Cate Blanchett." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 6/10 |
Vertical Limit (2000) |
"If you're looking solely for visual thrills, go for a real IMAX film, not an ersatz substitute." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 2/4 |
The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2001) |
"Plays like an uneventful three hundredth episode of a soap opera that you've never seen before." |
Steve Rhodes |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Vertigo (1958) |
"The ending of the show is perfect and shocking if you have never seen it before." |
Steve Rhodes |
Tomato 3/4 |
Very Bad Things (1998) |
"On a darkness scale, this movie would be a few notches shy of a black hole." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 1.5/4 |
A Very Brady Sequel (1996) |
"I did laugh a little." |
Steve Rhodes |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Very Long Engagement (2004) |
"Like an average looking guy who drives a stunning, fire-engine red Ferrari, the movie's incredibly gorgeous visuals makes the story feel almost superfluous." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Very Thought of You (1998) |
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Steve Rhodes |
Tomato 3/4 |
View from the Top (2003) |
"This sweet little comedy is a coming-of-age, small-town-girl-makes-good saga. ... Rooting for an underdog that you expect will win is always satisfying even if the result is never really in doubt." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 2/4 |
A View to a Kill (1985) |
"The net result is a story that has us yearning for those much older Bond films that never lost your attention." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Village (2004) |
"Slow, silly and pretentious." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 2/4 |
Violent Cop (1989) |
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Steve Rhodes |
Splat 2/4 |
Violent Cop (1989) |
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Steve Rhodes |
Splat 2/4 |
Violent Cop (1999) |
"Possesses a serenity that is periodically punctured by random acts of increasingly horrific violence" |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Virgin Suicides (1999) |
"With its morose subject matter, this comedy would certainly have to be classified as a black comedy, but its tone is disarmingly light." |
Steve Rhodes |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Visitor (2003) |
"The hauntingly beautiful piano music, the lovely cinematography and the impressive sounds of the crashing waves set a melancholy backdrop." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 2/4 |
The Visitor (2008) |
"Dull and depressing, The Visitor is leaden, lethargic and full of heavy-handed symbolism. The Statue of Liberty keeps popping up in the movie, which uses it like a cheap stage prop." |
Steve Rhodes |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Vitus (2007) |
"As in Full Moon, director Fredi M. Murer brings a delicately sweet but never cloying sensibility." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Volcano (1997) |
"Memorable? Hardly, but the main actors are worth seeing, and that first act has so much promise it almost makes you want to forgive them for blowing the second." |
Steve Rhodes |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Volver (2006) |
"From start to finish, there is just nothing to Volver." |
Steve Rhodes |
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