Splat 1.5 |
Babe: Pig in the City (1998) |
"(Imagine the mouse chorus) "A Disappointing Nightmare"" |
Karina Montgomery |
Splat 2/5 |
Baby Mama (2008) |
"The jokes are, on paper, funny. On screen they just seem like the inevitable, the only thing to say, and their zing zags off into bland, familiar territory... the material didn't coalesce past pointing at something funny and saying, "hey, that's funny al" |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 4/5 |
Backdraft (1991) |
"amazing effects/stunt work!" |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 2.5/5 |
Bad Santa (2003) |
"Bad Santa makes Fargo look like The Grinch, but with a killer soundtrack. See for yourself. But be warned." |
Karina Montgomery |
Splat 0/5 |
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) |
"If only Maxwell Smart had been here to foil KAOS yet again - avoid at all costs" |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 4.5 |
Bandits (2001) |
"It’s a crime spree comedy with very little violence, a lot of good manners and astoundingly sympathetic characters for being so utterly morally bankrupt. It’s quite fun.
" |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 2.5/5 |
The Banger Sisters (2002) |
"Not the greatest film, but nice to watch the clash between arrested development and nouveau establishment be smoothed out by something as great as love." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 4/5 |
Barbershop (2002) |
"Between the drama of Cube?s personal revelations regarding what the shop means in the big picture, iconic characters gambol fluidly through the story, with charming results." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 5/5 |
Batman Begins (2005) |
"It seethes and it revs and it truly does rock; it rocks intelligently, but it is still very cool and even cerebral." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 3/5 |
Batman Returns (1992) |
"the last good batman movie thanks to MP" |
Karina Montgomery |
Splat 0/10 |
Battlefield Earth (2000) |
"Clearly, at no point did anyone say, "Man, this is a steaming pile of hangover dung - why don't we fix it?"" |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 3/5 |
Be Kind Rewind (2008) |
"A surprisingly quiet and whimsical comedy about a ridiculous and unlikely series of events that turns into a nearly-as-likely miracle. Best bit: the film's own Sweded preview." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 3/5 |
Beaches (1988) |
"breaks your heart" |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 2.5 |
A Beautiful Mind (2001) |
"The preview is misleading, but as a drama of a man’s pretty interesting life, it is somewhat pleasing." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 3/5 |
Becoming Jane (2007) |
"Becoming Jane takes a stab at being a historical romance in the vein of Shakespeare in Love, but something key is missing." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Bee Movie (2007) |
"Smarter than it is funny with delicious design." |
Karina Montgomery |
Splat 1.5 |
Before Night Falls (2000) |
""PERPLEXING."" |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) |
"Even though the story plays out nonlinearly, the intensity surges up a straight slope. This would seem impossible if not for the masterful screenplay by first-timer Kelly Masterson and deft direction by Sidney Lumet." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 4/5 |
Being Julia (2004) |
"It’s a dish of a role for a dish of a gal, seemingly tailored for Bening." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 3/5 |
Being There (1979) |
"sellers is the book" |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Bend It Like Beckham (2003) |
"It's a plot as old as Aristophanes - finding and being who you are is the richest tradition to follow." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 4/5 |
Beowulf (2007) |
"Looks like the world's longest cut scene but neither as good nor as bad as it could have been. Demands the 3D large screen to be seen." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 4 |
Best in Show (2000) |
"Best In Show is a very well-acted character study, with sly and knowing digs at the people they make fun of, with not much of a rewarding journey to follow them on.
" |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 5 |
The Best Man (1999) |
"Very nicely done all around, a fine motion picture for any old time, but super great for the holidays." |
Karina Montgomery |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Bewitched (2005) |
"The trailer gave away what this movie needed to give us lots of: surprises. Sweet, funny, amusing, but never gels." |
Karina Montgomery |
Splat 3/5 |
Beyond the Sea (2004) |
"The film just doesn’t swing, despite Spacey's clear showmanship." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Big Fat Liar (2002) |
"I have yet to be disappointed by Paul Giamatti, regardless of the actual vehicle." |
Karina Montgomery |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Big Fish (2003) |
"A romantic adventure & quirky character comedy, with a warm center, but takes more than 3 licks to get to the center of this treat...largely whimsy with no heart." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 4.5 |
The Big Kahuna (1999) |
"Support this kind of filmmaking." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 3.5 |
The Big One (1997) |
"Michael Moore has a special sense of people and images and how one voice over can make another image resonate especially strongly." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 2.5/5 |
Big Trouble (2002) |
"It?s fun, but the book is far, far better." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 4/5 |
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008) |
"An an insider, Bell's work here is comprehensive to the point of over-saturation, but it's all so alien and interesting that it doesn't bog down." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 4.5 |
Billy Elliot (2000) |
"Because the story is so entirely straightforward, the beauty is more in the performances and in the subtle touches than in the journey itself." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato |
Black Hawk Down (2001) |
"It's frightening and disorienting and amazing." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 5 |
Blade (1998) |
"It's no Saving Private Ryan, OK? But go at night, bring some friends, have a ball. Chomp some popcorn!" |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 3/5 |
Blade Runner (1982) |
"always a classic, if slow" |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 4.2 |
Blast From the Past (1999) |
"Blast from the Past is actually better executed than it was written." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 5 |
Boogie Nights (1997) |
"I want to write a long essay on this because it's a complicated film experience but it's really great! The acting is great, the review (this one) is poorly written" |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 3.2 |
Bounce (2000) |
"Ben and Gwynneth, "just friends" or no, have a lovely, believable chemistry that isn't all hot sex or amusing rapid fire witticisms." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) |
"It's escapism with some substance, and I actually enjoyed it the best of the three films." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 5/5 |
Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
"Number one - with a bullet. The Last Temptation of Charleton. All politics aside, this is a fantastically made film." |
Karina Montgomery |
Splat 2 |
Boys and Girls (2000) |
"We can see the plot points lumbering toward us like Godzilla in Death Valley...quips whipping through the air with the greatest of ease and with minimal impact." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 4/5 |
Boys on the Side (1995) |
"makes me cry every time" |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 5 |
Brassed Off (1996) |
"Pete Postlethwaite's best film this summer!" |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Break-Up (2006) |
"Oh, did you want to see a Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy? Life isn't always about Hollywood expectations; let's cut Jennifer some slack and enjoy her doing good work." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 5 |
Breakdown (1997) |
"It's a cool flick, with a good story, and it's worth paying full price. And I never say that about Kurt Russell movies." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Breakfast Club (1984) |
"comedy and truth and great tunes" |
Karina Montgomery |
Splat 2 |
Breaking Up (1997) |
"Crowe was at the screening of the movie and I wished someone would have asked him "How could you do this movie after doing LA Confidential?"" |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 3/4 |
Brick (2006) |
"The relationships are unclear, the motives less so, but the idea has potential. Tries a little too hard to be hard-boiled, sacrificing development." |
Karina Montgomery |
Tomato 3/5 |
Bride and Prejudice (2005) |
"Rental With Snacks only because it didn't do a lot to reinvent the source material, but it does deserve to be seen in raging giant screen Technicolor." |
Karina Montgomery |
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