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Among Giants (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Sterritt |
Splat 1/4 |
Analyze That (2002) |
"This idea has lost its originality ... and neither star appears very excited at rehashing what was basically a one-joke picture." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 1/4 |
Anatomy of Hell (2004) |
"Breillat is a smart, serious observer of sexuality's often disruptive role in human life, but this existential drama is sadly pretentious." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 1/4 |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"Dumb, dumber, dumberest!" |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B- |
Angels & Demons (2009) |
"Angels and Demons is an OK action film, but only the humorless will find it heretical -- or educational." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 3/4 |
Anger Management (2003) |
"Sandler is terrific, playing a potentially over-the-top part with an understatement that's downright minimalist at times." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 3/4 |
Animal Factory (2000) |
"Gets much of its power from Willem Dafoe's potent portrayal of Copen." |
David Sterritt |
- |
Anna and the King (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Sterritt |
Splat C |
Annapolis (2006) |
"Any resemblance (except qualitatively) to An Officer and A Gentleman is strictly unaccidental." |
Peter Rainer |
- |
Anne of Green Gables (1934) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 4/4 |
Another Road Home (2005) |
"It's unlikely there will ever be a more moving portrait of the shared selfhood, usually veiled by politics, common to the Palestinian and Israeli peoples." |
David Sterritt |
Splat C+ |
The Answer Man (2009) |
"A promising premise and some very good actors are smothered in goo in The Answer Man." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat B- |
The Ant Bully (2006) |
"The art direction and animation are superb, but it may be worth the extra bucks to see it in IMAX 3-D." |
M. K. Terrell |
- |
Antz (1998) |
"'I've always loved ants,' says Dan Aykroyd, with just the hint of a smile." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 3/4 |
Antz (1998) |
"There's plenty of action in this computer-animated comedy, but it's no match for Toy Story in humor and originality." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
Anything Else (2003) |
"Not nearly as many laughs as it gamely tries for." |
David Sterritt |
Splat C+ |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"Gibson is never content to show us just one or two decapitated heads bouncing down the steps of a temple when he can show us eight or nine." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato B- |
Appaloosa (2008) |
"In another era, Harris -- and Mortensen, for that matter -- would have already starred in several westerns. Harris should do more of them; only next time, much less carefully." |
Robert Koehler |
Tomato 3/4 |
Apres Vous (2005) |
"Garcia is great in this French dramatic comedy, and Auteuil remains one of the great European stars." |
David Sterritt |
Splat F |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres (2007) |
"Crudely animated, tasteless, and totally pointless, which I'm sure the filmmakers would say is the point." |
M. K. Terrell |
Splat C+ |
Aquamarine (2006) |
"This big-screen after-school special may not appeal to adults, but it'll make a splash with preteens." |
M. K. Terrell |
Splat 2/4 |
Arakimentari (2005) |
"Illuminating, if not exactly edifying." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato A |
Araya (1959) |
"Are you one of those moviegoers who likes discovering forgotten gems? Have I got a jewel for you." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato B |
Arctic Tale (2007) |
"The best reason to see this documentary is for the stunning shots of polar bears and walruses in the Arctic Circle. If the filmmakers had just left it at that, they would have accomplished a lot." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat C+ |
Are We Done Yet? (2007) |
"It's not as funny as it could be, but it's laudable that Ice Cube is making family-friendly movies." |
M. K. Terrell |
Splat 2/4 |
Are We There Yet? (2005) |
"You may be asking yourself the title question as you watch a kid-phobic man take an unwanted road trip with the children of a single mom he wants to woo." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"Mighty monotonous after a while." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
Armageddon (1998) |
"Yet while the movie's emotions grow a bit gentler, they remain as forced and artificial as ever, pushing market-tested buttons - heroics, patriotism, family values - with a monotony that denies us any chance to think or even feel for ourselves." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 4/4 |
Army of One (2005) |
"Contains truly eye-opening moments." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato A |
Army of Shadows (1969) |
"In [Melville's] stark and unvarnished film, the violence is routine and ugly, the moral choices painful and uncertain, the relationships deep yet fragile, the victories costly and ephemeral." |
Gregory M. Lamb |
Tomato 4/4 |
Arna's Children (2004) |
"Contains amazingly candid views of warriors behind the scenes of battle." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
Around the Bend (2004) |
"The story is spotty, but the acting is fine, especially when Walken is around." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
Around the World in 80 Days (2004) |
"A colorful disappointment." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato |
Art & Copy (2009) |
"Even without the nostalgic aspects, Art & Copy is thoroughly entertaining. But the film ends up being an advertisement for advertising. It's hard not to wonder if we're being sold a bill of goods." |
Andy Klein |
Splat B- |
Art School Confidential (2006) |
"Zwigoff captures quite well the backstab aspects of this world, its rampant phoney baloneyness. But his funk doesn't allow him to capture something far more enticing: the power of true artistry." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat D+ |
Arthur and the Invisibles (2007) |
"This mix of computer animation and live action promises much but never really comes together. Haphazard voice dubbing and lack of originality don't help." |
M. K. Terrell |
Tomato B |
Ask the Dust (2005) |
"The film is not only an evocation of a bygone era but an emanation of it as well." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato B+ |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
"I wish this movie wasn't so purposefully elegiac and attenuated -- at times it's like a middling Terrence Malick fantasia -- but it's well worth sitting through." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) |
"This is one of the rare movies to explore American materialism through the eyes of an all-too-ordinary person who isn't up to the challenges of everyday life." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 3/4 |
Assassination Tango (2003) |
"Duvall's latest is a treat for the eyes and ears, but it doesn't always ring true on deeper dramatic levels." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) |
"It's all energetically filmed, but I miss the cool, modest clarity of the first version. Bigger isn't always better, even at the movies." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
The Assignment (1997) |
"The plot raises the keenly important question of whether professionals who fight evil may be corrupted by the ruthless means they employ; but the movie takes too much pleasure in sensationalistic digressions to explore this issue very thoroughly." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 3/4 |
Assisted Living (2005) |
"Gently filmed, quietly thoughtful, sometimes almost heartbreaking." |
David Sterritt |
Splat D |
The Astronaut Farmer (2007) |
"Some movies are so flagrantly awful that they achieve classic status. To this rarefied company we must now add The Astronaut Farmer, a nut brain fable that is all the more perversely enjoyable for being seriously intended." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 3/4 |
Asylum (2005) |
"Patrick McGrath's novel provides a solid and suspenseful story, even if it loses much of its bite in Mackenzie's hands." |
David Sterritt |
Splat C+ |
ATL (2006) |
"Despite a few pitfalls (the adult worlds of money and sex) ATL makes navigating the trials, tribulations, and Southern twangs of life on the wrong side of the tracks look relatively painless." |
Matt Bradley |
Tomato B+ |
Atonement (2007) |
"Given the difficulties in transferring Ian McEwan's trickily structured 2001 novel Atonement to the screen, director Joe Wright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton have done a commendable job. Commendable but not electrifying." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato B |
August Evening (2007) |
"Loren has an ethereal presence that is, at the same time, indomitable." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat D+ |
August Rush (2007) |
"It tries very hard to be fanciful, lyrical, sentimental, magical, rapturous, romantic, heartwarming, tear-jerking and inspiring. The result, however, is a goulash of half-baked bathos." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat 1/4 |
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) |
"I enjoy inspired silliness as much as anyone, but I found this a depressing, disheartening 98 minutes." |
David Sterritt |
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