Tomato 3/4 |
The Game (1997) |
"An unusually imaginative thriller that bends its offbeat plot into so many twists that you actually have to pay attention -- something few Hollywood movies demand nowadays -- to understand its evolution and enjoy the multiple payoffs at the end." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B- |
Game 6 (2006) |
"The film is meandering and highly uneven, but Robert Downey Jr. is truly oddball as a venomous drama critic, and watching that ball once again roll through Bill Buckner's legs is torture (for Red Sox fans anyway)." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 4/4 |
Game Over - Kasparov and the Machine (2003) |
"Gripping, suspenseful, and spiced with fascinating information about the long history of chess between human and mechanical opponents." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 3/4 |
Garden State (2004) |
"Braff makes a striking directorial debut while leading a superb ensemble cast." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 1/4 |
Garfield the Movie (2004) |
"The blend of live action and animation is competently done, but the subtly mean-spirited screenplay has more sour meows than hearty laughs." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato |
Gattaca (1997) |
"Intelligent and suspenseful." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 1/4 |
Georges Bataille's Story of the Eye (2004) |
"Bataille was a serious philosopher as well as a sensation-seeking writer, but you'd never guess his provocative ideas from this updated version." |
David Sterritt |
Splat C- |
Georgia Rule (2007) |
"It's the kind of small-town movie that looks as if it was made by people who never set foot outside Hollywood." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 4/4 |
Gerry (2003) |
"I found it an invigorating journey, less like viewing a typical film than taking in a silent movie or (at times) a series of barely-moving photographs." |
David Sterritt |
Splat C- |
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) |
"This thinly autobiographical gangsta odyssey never achieves liftoff, and Jackson is unconvincing." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat C- |
Get Smart (2008) |
"Get Smart needed to be a lot smarter. And funnier. The movie stands as proof yet again that hit television series do not make for good movies." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat 2/4 |
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) |
"Ingeniously crafted with flashes of intelligence, if not very memorable." |
David Sterritt |
Splat D+ |
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) |
"Just in case you can't get enough of the romantic comedy oeuvre of Matthew McConaughey, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is here to remind you that, yes, some films of his are even worse than Failure to Launch, Surfer Dude, and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) |
"The film's underwater views are breathtaking, as are its drawings and photographs of the Titanic's original splendor." |
David Sterritt |
Splat C+ |
Gigantic (2008) |
"One of those indies that seems to be trying to top the quirkiness quotient of Juno." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat 0/4 |
Gigli (2003) |
"Once word gets out about how painful and laughably bad this film is, it will tank faster than you can say 'Bennifer.'" |
Lisa Leigh Connors |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Gingerbread Man (1998) |
"It's a pleasure to see the quality [Altman] brings to this genre." |
David Sterritt |
Splat C+ |
The Girl From Monaco (2009) |
"...isn't much of a movie but offers scrumptious views. Watching this movie makes you feel rich and sun-kissed and slightly decadent." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Girl from Monday (2006) |
"Engaging performances and a stylized visual approach lend it originality." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
The Girl Next Door (2004) |
"Gimmicky and predictable." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 4/4 |
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) |
"It partakes of Vermeer's spirit and style, and that makes it one of the year's best movies." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 3/4 |
Girlhood (2003) |
"Detailed, compassionate, humane." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Gleaners and I (2001) |
"At once a deceptively simple and vibrantly exciting achievement." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 3/4 |
Gloomy Sunday (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Sterritt |
Splat C+ |
Glory Road (2006) |
"Glory Road is a rah-rah piece of inspirationalism from Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who obviously wants to go one better on his Remember the Titans." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat 2/4 |
Go Further (2004) |
"Meant to be a romp in the old Ken Kesey tradition, it's more like a dull drive with a bunch of leftover flower children." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 1/4 |
Gods and Generals (2003) |
"Hollywood has produced many dubious depictions of the Civil War, starting with The Birth of a Nation in 1915, and this stands with the sorriest of the lot." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 1/4 |
Godsend (2004) |
"How could such a high-octane cast produce such low-octane horror?" |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 4/4 |
Godzilla (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Goebbels Experiment (2005) |
"Informative and illuminating." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B- |
Going Shopping (2006) |
"[A] witty follow-up to director Henry Jaglom's Eating and Baby Fever." |
M. K. Terrell |
Tomato 4/4 |
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004) |
"Put into production long before Kerry's presidential candidacy, the absorbing account reflects Butler's long experience with nonfiction film." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 4/4 |
Gojira (1954) |
"Godzilla is back, and he still has something to teach us." |
David Sterritt |
Splat C- |
The Golden Compass (2007) |
"The Golden Compass is a blatant attempt to duplicate the success of the Harry Potter franchise. The only thing missing is richly imagined characters, a comprehensible story line, good acting, and satisfying special effects." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat C+ |
Golden Door (2007) |
"[A] draggy Italian epic that's big on production values but skimpy on inspiration." |
Peter Rainer |
- |
Gomorra (2008) |
Click here to see the review. |
|
Tomato B+ |
Gomorrah (2009) |
"[Director] Garrone's messy storytelling compounds an already messy history. He's a powerful filmmaker, though, and a fearless one. He knows where the bodies are buried -- and he shows them to us." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato B |
Gone Baby Gone (2007) |
"This is a worthy and exciting directorial debut from Ben Affleck." |
M. K. Terrell |
Tomato B |
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008) |
"The worshipfulness obscures the sadder aspects of Thompson's life, which is perhaps why Gibney focuses on the writer's 1965-75 golden years." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat C |
Good (2008) |
"Good contributes very little to a conundrum that has occupied historians and psychologists for half a century." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat 1/4 |
Good Boy! (2003) |
"It's a wonder that the genre, started by the marvelous Babe, has any currency left after Cats and Dogs and Snow Dogs." |
Stephen Humphries |
Splat C+ |
The Good German (2006) |
"The Good German is a prime example of a movie made by highly skilled and intelligent filmmakers that nevertheless seems misguided from the get-go." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat C |
Good Luck Chuck (2007) |
"Tony-winner Dan Fogler, as Cook's childhood friend, is embarrassingly foul, and even criminally cute Jessica Alba is wasted, playing Cook's painfully clumsy gal pal/penguin nut in this alternately warm and ugly ball of whacks." |
Robert Newton |
Tomato B+ |
Good Night. And, Good Luck (2005) |
"A solid achievement." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato B |
The Good Shepherd (2006) |
"The Good Shepherd does occasionally strike the right, creepy note." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat 2/4 |
The Good Thief (2003) |
"Like the good thief himself, Jordan turns out to be too clever by half, organizing a caper that's noisy and flashy where subtlety and moodiness would be far more effective." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B |
A Good Woman (2005) |
"[Tom] Wilkinson artfully deepens a character who in Wilde's original play was rather boobish. It's a marvelous performance in a pretty good film." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato B- |
A Good Year (2006) |
"The lush glimmer of the scenery is so eye-catching that it's easy to sit back and experience A Good Year as a kind of tony travelogue." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 4/4 |
Goodbye Dragon Inn (2004) |
"This is a funny, sad, stunningly smart movie about the end of movies, made in Tsai's inimitable, unblinking style." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B+ |
Goodbye Solo (2009) |
"The crazy-quilt quality of these immigrants mixing it up with Southern rednecks like William is deftly underplayed, and so it has more resonance for us." |
Peter Rainer |
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