Splat 2/4 |
D.E.B.S. (2005) |
"Alas, the movie isn't nearly as amusing as its premise, but it's refreshingly different from most run-of-the-mill teenage fare." |
David Sterritt |
Splat C+ |
The Da Vinci Code (2006) |
"The film lacks the deductive appeal of the book -- the way it compelled you to match wits with the protagonists. Instead, what might have been a cerebral treasure hunt bogs down in a miasma of nonstop exposition." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat C- |
Daddy Day Camp (2007) |
"This kinder and gentler sequel features the main characters from Daddy Day Care but with a different cast." |
M. K. Terrell |
Tomato 2/4 |
Daddy Day Care (2003) |
"[An] amiably crass comedy will tickle [your tots] pink." |
David Sterritt |
Splat C- |
Dan in Real Life (2007) |
"Bad movies invariably stem from bad ideas, and the worst of the several rancid ideas packed inside of Dan in Real Life is that Steve Carell could be the new Alan Alda." |
Robert Koehler |
Splat 2/4 |
The Dancer Upstairs (2003) |
"Bardem is easily up to his part of the job, but Malkovich has a weakness for unfocused mood-setting and cinematic meandering that dilute the movie's emotional strength." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) |
"The movie has no profound insights to offer, but its nimble acting and lifelike dialogue make it entertaining as well as thoughtful." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 1/4 |
Daredevil (2003) |
"Ten minutes into it, you won't need superhuman senses to realize it won't be a great movie." |
Lisa Leigh Connors |
Tomato B |
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) |
"Wes Anderson doesn't make movies like anybody else, which is sometimes a good thing and sometimes not. His latest, The Darjeeling Limited, combines what's best and worst about him." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 3/4 |
Dark Blue (2003) |
"Could have been a routine crooked-cop melodrama. It gains a major charge of dramatic energy from Kurt Russell's ferocious acting, almost certainly the best of his career." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato A- |
The Dark Knight (2008) |
"The film is so relentlessly bleak that, paradoxically, its blackness is not given its full due. But this comic-book movie is more disturbing, and has more freakish power, than anything else I've seen all year." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat |
Dark Matter (2008) |
"Don't be fooled by the presence of Meryl Streep in the cast. This glum, inert psychological drama features little of her presence – and could have used much more." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat 2/4 |
Dark Water (2005) |
"There are only so many thrills you can generate with terrible plumbing." |
David Sterritt |
Splat D+ |
Date Movie (2006) |
"[Alyson] Hannigan's spirited performance is one bright spot in this tasteless and sophomoric spoof of more than a dozen movies." |
M. K. Terrell |
Tomato 4/4 |
Daughters of the Sun (2004) |
"Acted as a drama, paced like a ritual, filmed as a slice of rural Iranian life." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B- |
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006) |
"It's a joy fest." |
M. K. Terrell |
Splat 2/4 |
Dawn of the Dead (2004) |
"Horror buffs will find plenty of split-second suspense and in-your-face carnage, while others will scramble for the exit as quickly as the characters race away from their apocalyptic foes." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) |
"A badly wasted opportunity." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 4/4 |
Days of Being Wild (1990) |
"It's inexplicable that Wong's early masterpiece has been virtually absent from American screens since he completed it in 1991." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B |
Days of Glory (2006) |
"The First French Army, composed mostly of 130,000 North Africans, were referred to contemptuously by the French as indigènes -- natives. Their bravery in wartime has never, until now, been adequately described in a movie." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 4/4 |
De-Lovely (2004) |
"Remarkably touching and engrossing." |
David Sterritt |
- |
Deadlocked (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
The Deal (2005) |
"The subject is intriguing even if the dialogue is stilted and the acting is uneven." |
David Sterritt |
Splat |
Deal (2008) |
"A raft of pros appear as themselves, but this story will likely seem less exciting than an actual competition." |
M. K. Terrell |
Splat 2/4 |
Dear Frankie (2005) |
"Well acted, capably directed, not as substantial as it might have been." |
David Sterritt |
Splat C |
Dear Wendy (2005) |
"Via stylized language, fetishism, and some obvious erotic obsessions, the filmmakers have created one weirdly provocative film, which isn't very successful but ought still to be seen." |
John Anderson |
Tomato B |
Death at a Funeral (2007) |
"Death at a Funeral is a passable example of the British species of comedy. Directed by Frank Oz, it has the requisite amount of knockabout silliness." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 3/4 |
Death Of A Dynasty (2005) |
"Dash is a good sport in poking barbed fun at the PR machinations of today's music business." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B- |
Death of a President (2006) |
"(Director Gabriel) Range employs digital effects to rejigger real footage of Bush and others, and he's fairly adept at action filmmaking." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato A |
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2006) |
"A heartbreakingly powerful masterpiece that affected me far more deeply than any other film I've seen all year." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat C- |
Death Sentence (2007) |
"With the subtlety of a bulldozer comes this dubiously pedigreed revenge thriller." |
Robert Newton |
Tomato 3/4 |
Death to Smoochy (2002) |
"If you're in the mood for razor-sharp satire, this is the most refreshingly outrageous movie of the season." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 4/4 |
A Decade Under the Influence (2003) |
"It's illuminating and nostalgic and for anyone who lined up for American movies in that bygone golden age." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato |
The Decalogue Box Set (1988) |
"Some of the dramas raise issues of violence and sexuality that may disturb some viewers but remind us that the human failings addressed by the commandments challenge our consciences today as much as in Old Testament times." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
The Deep End of the Ocean (1999) |
"Fans of Jacquelyn Mitchard's novel may find enough echoes of the book to justify the price of admission. But others can see this sort of thinly crafted melodrama in TV movies every week." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato A |
Deep Water (2007) |
"Deep Water's account of a modern Icarus is frighteningly clear in its perceptions and aftershocks." |
Robert Koehler |
Tomato B |
Defiance (2008) |
"As a piece of historical redress, a great service has been done in bringing this narrative to the screen." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat C |
Definitely, Maybe (2008) |
"Definitely, Maybe isn't terrible exactly, but it's bland, and in some ways that's worse. It's a romance posing as a detective story in which the solution is obvious and not worth the fuss." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato B |
Deja Vu (2006) |
"What gives the film its jolt of urgency is its New Orleans setting. Déjà Vu is the first major movie to be shot there since the city's devastation." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat C- |
Delirious (2007) |
"Too many different stories are vying for attention here, and none of them are very good." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato A |
Deliver Us From Evil (2006) |
"Most powerfully, [Berg] also films a number of O'Grady's victims as they recount their trauma and, in some cases, loss of faith." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat 2/4 |
Demonlover (2003) |
"While this ambitious epic takes a finely cynical attitude toward the excesses of our media-saturated age, it never quite jells into a coherent statement." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato A- |
The Departed (2006) |
"Comparisons to Goodfellas and Casino notwithstanding, it has a verve and texture all its own. It also has, courtesy of William Monahan, some of the best dialogue that Scorsese has ever worked with." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat C |
Derailed (2005) |
"Derailed is a penny dreadful with A-list stars." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato B- |
The Descent (2006) |
"Taut direction and convincing performances impart a terrifying sense of claustrophobia and isolation." |
M. K. Terrell |
Tomato 4/4 |
Deserted Station (2002) |
"Intimate and engaging." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 1/4 |
Desperate Measures (1998) |
"A squandered opportunity to explore important issues through popular moviemaking." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
Deterrence (1998) |
"As a former film critic, Lurie presumably knows how to communicate ideas, but there's an unbridgeable gap between the movie he thinks he's made and the movie he's actually made." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B+ |
The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006) |
"Director Jeff Feuerzeig, extensively utilizing home movies, chronicles the eerie and oddly inspiring story of Johnston's ongoing battles to survive -- both as artist and human being." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato B- |
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) |
"What makes the film more than fairly good fluff is Streep's performance." |
Peter Rainer |
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