Splat 1/4 |
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) |
"Redolent of Saving Private Ryan and We Were Warriors, but almost entirely devoted to combat violence and sentimental interludes." |
David Sterritt |
- |
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Sterritt |
Splat C |
Take the Lead (2006) |
"Banderas cuts a romantic figure, but the film is pure hokum." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat D |
Taken (2009) |
"Don't be taken in by Taken." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat 2/4 |
Taking Lives (2004) |
"Taking Lives serves up one letdown after another -- a serial disappointment if ever there was one." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B- |
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) |
"Whereas the original, directed by Joseph Sargent, was essentially a well-oiled B movie, the new incarnation, directed by Tony Scott, is bristling with high-tech gimcrackery and over-the-top camera flourishes." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 3/4 |
Taking Sides (2003) |
"Ronald Harwood's screenplay, based on his stage play, brings an impressive range of moral and political issues into play." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B- |
Taking Woodstock (2009) |
"The drama in question, Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock, is a bit like the festival itself – a happy mess." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Tale Of Two Sisters (2003) |
"Quite restrained for what's basically a horror movie, and very well acted." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Talent Given Us (2004) |
"This isn't a movie, it's a thingamajig -- frequently as off-putting as can be, but unassailably one of a kind." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 4/4 |
Talk to Her (2002) |
"Admirers of Almodovar's best pictures, such as All About My Mother and the amazing Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, will find him again at the peak of his powers." |
David Sterritt |
Splat C+ |
Talk to Me (2007) |
"Don Cheadle, along with Taraji P. Henson, act up a storm in this biopic about Petey Greene, a 1960s-era deejay who shook up the airwaves with his streetwise rant. Their performances deserve a better film." |
Peter Rainer |
- |
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (1984) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Sterritt |
- |
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (1984) |
Click here to see the review. |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 4/4 |
A Talking Picture (2003) |
"This is a lovely, lively, timely treat for the eyes and mind." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B- |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) |
"When [Sascha Baron] Cohen and [Will] Ferrell are eyeing each other, you never saw a loopier pair. They compensate for the film's hit-and-miss shenanigans, which more often miss than hit." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 4/4 |
Tarnation (2004) |
"Harrowing, extremely disturbing at times, but brought to the screen in dazzling pop-art images that make the movie's grim content very much worth watching." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 3/4 |
Teacher's Pet (2004) |
"The movie is as adolescent as it sounds, but Kahn keeps your eyes popping with truly nonstop action and some of the most outlandishly inventive effects you've ever seen." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
Team America: World Police (2004) |
"If you're not a fan of naughtiness for naughtiness's sake, Team America is this week's must-miss movie." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
Tears of the Sun (2003) |
"Too bad it doesn't take as much care to detail the humanity of its characters -- or reasons for its politics -- as it does to build ominous battlefield moods." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B |
Tell No One (2008) |
"Canet has a good feeling for lowlife atmosphere and he works up a few fine Hitchcockian twirls." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 3/4 |
Tell Them Who You Are (2005) |
"A fascinating glimpse of family love and rivalry, if not a deep-digging documentary." |
David Sterritt |
Splat C |
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006) |
"I can understand [Black] wanting to make King Kong, but Nacho Libre was a dismal affair and Tenacious D isn't much better." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat C- |
The Tenants (2005) |
"The stage is set for a full-scale racial conflict, but neither actor is really up to the task." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat 1/4 |
The Terminal (2004) |
"One of Spielberg's worst movies." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) |
"The only real novelty this time is the gender twist added to the central conflict, with a male hero menaced by a female android." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B |
Terminator Salvation (2009) |
"McG, a music video maven whose previous credits include the Charlie's Angels movies, directs the action passably well." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Terrorist (1998) |
"A serious and morally complex drama that raises provocative questions about how difficult it can be to sustain a sense of personal responsibility in a society destabilized by political upheaval." |
David Sterritt |
Splat 2/4 |
Testosterone (2003) |
"Starts quirky, grows steadily darker, doesn't build much excitement." |
David Sterritt |
Splat C |
Tetro (2009) |
"Coppola has made some of the greatest films ever made in traditional narrative mode, but whenever he goes into his indie-outsider dance, he stumbles badly." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 2/4 |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) |
"A lot more violent and a tad less creepy than the 1974 original, the much-changed remake delivers enough gory, belligerent mayhem to keep horror fans screaming." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B |
Thank You For Smoking (2006) |
"Snarky and enjoyable, but it could have been a ferocious black comedy. No Thank You For Playing It Safe." |
Peter Rainer |
- |
The 10th Kingdom (1999) |
"Every story has a moral. It's one of the most appealing aspects of any story because it reminds us how best to live." |
M.S. Mason |
Tomato 3/4 |
The 10th Kingdom (1999) |
"This 10-hour comic-epic event is meant for adults, as is the lovely Arabian Nights, which has been politically corrected a tad for contemporary American audiences. But it retains great charm, vitality, and poetry." |
M.S. Mason |
Splat D+ |
The Clone Wars (2008) |
"George Lucas's fixation on this saga has gone past commercial smarts into full-blown monomania. With all the money and power he has at his disposal, here he is once again fobbing the same leaden dialogue and nonvisionary visuals at us." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato a- |
The Counterfeiters (2008) |
"The moral dilemmas posed by this operation are dramatically rendered, and without once resorting to cant." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat C+ |
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) |
"You'll be doing yourself a huge favor if you go into this movie with lowered expectations." |
Peter Rainer |
Splat 2/4 |
The Polar Express (2004) |
"Many moviegoers may find its colors and effects delightful enough to make the experience a thrill. Look beyond the tinsel, though, and you may be disappointed." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato A- |
There Will Be Blood (2007) |
"Sprawling yet cramped, There Will Be Blood may not be the best movie of the year, but it's certainly the strangest. It evokes passing comparisons to everything from Giant to Citizen Kane but it's impossible to pigeonhole." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato B+ |
The Thing About My Folks (2005) |
"A comedic, sometimes jarring, and deeply human interaction with only a few brief feints toward hyper-sentimentality." |
Clayton Collins |
Tomato B |
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) |
"If the film tends toward didacticism at times, it's a welcome advertisement for compassion." |
M. K. Terrell |
Splat B- |
Thirst (2009) |
"What the film is saying, so far as I can tell, is that, if cut, you will bleed. And bleed." |
Peter Rainer |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Thirteen (2003) |
"The movie style is as volatile as a rebellious teen -- at times veering over the top. The acting is impressive, though, particularly by Reed, Wood, and Hunter." |
Stephanie Cook Broadhurst |
Tomato 4/4 |
This Divided State (2005) |
"Frequently funny, sometimes sad, often electrifying." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B |
This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006) |
"Most irksome to the makers of this film: MPAA raters, unlike those in 30 other countries, are anonymous and therefore, presumably, unaccountable." |
M. K. Terrell |
Splat 2/4 |
This Revolution (2006) |
"It's a pity that such vital, thought-provoking material has been rendered so lifeless and inauthentic on the screen." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 4/4 |
This So-Called Disaster (2004) |
"Almereyda's movie is riveting for several reasons: its inside look at Shepard in action, its vivid account of how a challenging play is brought from printed page to public stage, and its glimpses of Shepard's troubled youth." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato 3/4 |
Thomas Crown Affair, The (1999) |
"A flighty affair, but it's colorfully acted and tautly directed." |
David Sterritt |
Tomato B |
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007) |
"[Wayne] Wang's A Thousand Years of Good Prayers gives the impression of a director reborn, or at least a director who has his mojo back after closely studying the masterpieces of family life by Edward Yang and Yasujiro Ozu." |
Robert Koehler |
Tomato B |
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) |
"Worth seeing as a hickory-smoke tale of contrition and redemption." |
Peter Rainer |
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