Tomato 3/4 |
P.S. (2004) |
"The offbeat screenplay turns even the corny bits in unpredictable directions, and it's rare indeed to see such consistently superb ensemble acting." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B |
The Painted Veil (2006) |
Click here to see the review. |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato A |
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) |
"Pan's Labyrinth resembles a cross between Alice in Wonderland and H.P. Lovecraft, with some Buñuel thrown in for good measure. It's a tribute to -- as well as a prime example of -- the disturbing power of imagination." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato A |
Pandora's Box (1928) |
"2006 is the centennial of actress Louise Brooks, and to honor it, her greatest film, Pandora's Box, is being released in a new 35-mm print in New York's Film Forum before being taken around the country." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat 2/4 |
Panic Room (2002) |
"Koepp's screenplay isn't nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B- |
Paper Heart (2009) |
"It's all kind of silly and amorphous, but the scenes between Yi and Cera, whether or not they were scripted, have a babes-in-the-wood loveliness." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato B+ |
Paradise Now (2005) |
"He attempts with mixed results to get inside the psyches of men who would blow themselves up for the cause." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Parent Trap (1998) |
"It is similar to the original but juiced up with new gags and gimmicks that should compete nicely with the action-oriented fare now reigning in multiplexes." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B |
Paris (2009) |
"When it comes to being a fool for love, there are no city limits." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato B- |
Paris 36 (2008) |
"The film is deliberately old-fashioned in its approach; the story line is resolutely linear and the production values are deluxe. It all makes for a fairly enjoyable, if schematic, backstage extravaganza." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato B+ |
Paris, Je T'aime (2007) |
"The best episodes, however, have the emotional resonance of full-length features, and yet I didn't want them to be a moment longer than they are." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat 2/4 |
Particles of Truth (2003) |
"This uneven drama might have been more effective if someone with more on-screen charisma than writer-director Elster had played the main character." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
Party Monster (2003) |
"The plot is sordid and predictable -- indiscriminate nightclubbing leads to escalating drugs, promiscuity, and violence." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato A |
The Passenger (1975) |
"The film's final seven-minute shot is one of the great denouements in film history." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) |
"The chief reason for its legendary reputation is the brilliant match between its timeless historical subject ... and Dreyer's decision to film it primarily in relentless close-ups." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
The Passion of the Christ (2004) |
"The Passion of the Christ is at once a well-crafted film, a merciless excursion into motion-picture ultraviolence, and a regrettably cramped historical account that stays doggedly on the surface of its overwhelmingly important subject." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 2/4 |
Paternal Instinct (2004) |
"Nossel's documentary, produced by Cinemax for its Reel Life series, has touching and instructive moments." |
David Sterritt |
Splat D |
Peaceful Warrior (2006) |
"This woozily uplifting saga is big on homilies and deficient in just about everything else." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat 1/4 |
The Peacemaker (1997) |
"First-time filmmaker Mimi Leder builds a couple of suspenseful scenes in the last half-hour, but most of the story is stale and predictable." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B- |
Penelope (2008) |
"This half-baked fairy tale always seems to be on the verge of becoming charming but despite a good cast it never quite succeeds." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 3/4 |
People I Know (2003) |
"Pacino is the dynamo that drives it, giving a relentlessly imaginative performance that draws on all the professional expertise and personal experience he's gathered in a lifetime of screen and stage work." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 1/4 |
The Perfect Man (2005) |
"Repetitious teen-targeted fluff." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Perfect Storm (2000) |
"Packs a cinematic wallop during its best sequences." |
David Sterritt |
Splat B- |
Perfect Stranger (2007) |
"A great thriller should be the model of simplicity. Perfect Stranger, like so many other thrillers nowadays, is often complicated just for the sake of being complicated. This more-is-better approach isn't more, and it isn't better." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat C |
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Tomato A |
Persepolis (2007) |
"Marjane Satrapi's acclaimed 2003 autobiographical graphic novel series has been turned into one of the most complexly moving animated films I've ever seen." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 4/4 |
Persons of Interest (2004) |
"Not a great movie, but a valuable and revealing document." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 3/4 |
La Petite Lili (2004) |
"Splendidly acted and directed." |
David Sterritt |
Splat C+ |
Phoebe In Wonderland (2009) |
"There's a lot more perspiration than inspiration." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 3/4 |
Phone Booth (2003) |
"It has undertones of serious commentary on American violence, thanks to the screenplay by Larry Cohen." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 4/4 |
Piccadilly (1929) |
"Wong has acquired a loyal cult following over the years, and Dupont's exquisitely filmed episodes show why." |
David Sterritt |
Splat |
Pineapple Express (2008) |
"Gore and yucks are not an easy combination to pull off and Team Apatow simply do not have the skills." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato A- |
Pink Panther (2006) |
"This must be the first time that a great comic has taken over the signature role of another great comic and made it his own." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat C |
The Pink Panther 2 (2009) |
"Martin has a few inspired moments but in order to get to them you have to wade through a mosh pit of unfunny gags." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat B- |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) |
"In order to tie up all the loose plot lines from the first two films, Verbinski and screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio throw so much story at us that the nonstop action becomes deadening." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat B- |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) |
"It's a franchise movie -- a product -- that is pretending to be a lot hipper than it is." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 2/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) |
"The movie is marvelously filmed with visual touches recalling fantasy specialists Terry Gilliam and Ray Harryhausen, among others." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 4/4 |
Pistol Opera (2001) |
"What counts isn't the convoluted plot or exotic characters -- it's the brilliance of Suzuki's cinematic style, articulating the action with eye-boggling color and split-second editing effects." |
David Sterritt |
- |
Pizzicata (1996) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Sterritt |
Tomato A |
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea (2007) |
"This is a startlingly funny portrait of Gothic Americana." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 4/4 |
Planet Earth: Dreams (2004) |
"One of a kind, turning Foreman trademarks such as self-satirical acting and out-of-nowhere music into powerful elements of an outlandish story." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
Planet of the Apes (2001) |
"Its dialogue, action, and effects are as mired in formulas, clichés, and stereotypes as the simian world our hero finds himself imprisoned on." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pleasantville (1998) |
"The movie has less biting originality than The Truman Show, but it proves that director Ross retains screenwriter Ross's flair for exploring real-life issues through divertingly far-fetched plots." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B |
Poison Friends (2007) |
"Four university students band together under the obnoxious mentorship of Andre, who is meant to be brilliant but, to me at least, seemed all too obviously a poseur. His betrayal of his friends deepens the movie." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) |
"Perfect for the very youngest viewers." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B+ |
Poseidon (2006) |
"The relative briskness of Poseidon ensures that things won't get bogged down. If a sequence is dull, you can be sure it will soon be replaced by another, and another." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat 1/4 |
Possession (2002) |
"There's no point in extracting the bare bones of Byatt's plot for purposes of bland Hollywood romance." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 4/4 |
Power Trip (2003) |
"Intelligent, revealing, and sometimes hilarious." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002) |
"Powerpuff Girls, the movie, could use a little more power and a lot less puff in its storyline." |
Stephanie Cook Broadhurst |
Tomato B+ |
A Prairie Home Companion (2006) |
"Although contemporary, the film has the deliberately antique flavor of old-time radio -- the world that existed before television." |
Peter Rainer |
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