Tomato |
R-Point (2006) |
"What should have been a distinctively Korean tale of wartime terror will feel like familiar stuff to hardened horror film vets." |
Jeremiah Kipp |
Splat 1.5/4 |
R-Point (2006) |
"While it's refreshing to see a war film veer into the supernatural so quietly, R-Point lacks the much-needed dramatic tension to get us through its slow-moving 110 minutes." |
Jeremiah Kipp |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
R-Xmas (2002) |
"Ferrara directs the entire film with the kind of detachment that makes any given frame look like a family's custom-made Christmas card." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat |
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) |
"Only in its final surprising shots does Rabbit-Proof Fence find the authority it's looking for." |
Chuck Rudolph |
Splat |
Race to Witch Mountain (2009) |
"Give me Speed Racer instead--hell, even Wicked Stepmother." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Race to Witch Mountain (2009) |
"Witch Mountain isn't escapism but a feature-length reminder that things are bad all over." |
Rob Humanick |
Tomato 3/4 |
Rachel Getting Married (2008) |
"Jumping from the dreariness of the familial drama to the good cheer of the concluding ceremony proves more than a little jarring, but the tensions inherent in the film's split personality work in its favor." |
Andrew Schenker |
Tomato 3/4 |
Racing Dreams (2009) |
"Curry has expertly stitched together a 90-minute triumph in crowd-pleasing, wholesome entertainment." |
Adam Keleman |
Splat 1/4 |
Radio (2003) |
"Like the carol the film proudly blares during Christmas season: “Joy to the World! The Savior Reigns!”" |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato |
Radio (2003) |
"You know a film is in trouble when a studio has to dig all the way to the bottom of the barrel and use a quote by publicity shill, non-journalist Earl Dittman for the DVD." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat |
Radley Metzger Collection - Vol. 2 |
"This second batch of Metzger titles features the director’s riskiest statement on sexual ambivalence." |
Eric Henderson |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Rage (2009) |
"If the performances were more accomplished, or if the murder mystery storyline were less marginal, or if%u2014the simplest fix%u2014the film were simply shorter, we might not feel as weary about spending time with these fashion insiders." |
Joseph Jon Lanthier |
Tomato 4/4 |
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) |
"Lost Ark holds up for many reasons, not least of which is because of Spielberg's consummate skill as a visual storyteller and his ability to draw charged performances from his actors." |
Jeremiah Kipp |
Tomato |
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) |
"Raiders of the Lost Ark holds up as a spectacle film, spooky funhouse ride and rollicking adventure yarn. Steven Spielberg was, then and now, the finest director of grand-scale Hollywood blockbusters." |
Jeremiah Kipp |
Tomato 3/4 |
Rain (2002) |
"Director Christine Jeffs' visual palette is hauntingly poetical, her spare use of dialogue a relentless composite of the film's constrictive atmosphere." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato |
Rain Man (1988) |
"No time for a conclusion. Only four minutes to Wapner!" |
Keith Uhlich |
Splat 2/4 |
Rain Man (1988) |
"There’s a great Jonathan Demme movie waiting to bust out of Rain Man." |
Keith Uhlich |
Tomato |
Raise Your Voice (2004) |
"You may have won this time Hilary Duff—my arch nemesis—but I’ll get you next time!" |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 1/4 |
Raise Your Voice (2004) |
"10 Reasons Why You Should (Or Shouldn’t) See Raise Your Voice..." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 3/4 |
Raising Cain (1992) |
"Rather than clarifying, De Palma's technique with Raising Cain effectively obliterates the audience's bearings." |
Eric Henderson |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Raising Helen (2004) |
"Ladies: You're going to hell if your popping bubble wrap with male models instead of birthin’ babies at home." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato |
Raising Helen (2004) |
"As long as Cosmo girls exist, so will films like Raising Helen." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Raising Victor Vargas (2003) |
"Peter Sollett’s Raising Victor Vargas is a tenderhearted evocation of a young Latino’s conflicts with girls and his own stubborn family." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato |
Raising Victor Vargas (2003) |
"“Was it funny when you pissed in my shoes or tried to cut my hair?”" |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Raja (2004) |
"Once you remove all the economic and cultural baggage that frustrates the couple's attempts to hook-up, Raja is really just about the thrill of the chase." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 2/4 |
Rambo (2008) |
"Crass exploitation of a serious issue, yes, and also the type of comic-book cartoonishness that the series has always peddled, regardless of the grim aesthetic and tone employed throughout this installment." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Rape Of Europa (2007) |
"As the directors cogently and captivatingly illustrate, the Americans' acts of preservation and the Nazis' destructiveness and inquisitiveness both, ultimately, confirm art's status as an intrinsic, defining facet of national identity." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Rapture (1991) |
"The very title evokes slippery visions of both spirit and sex." |
Keith Uhlich |
Tomato |
The Rapture (1991) |
"“Who forgives God?”" |
Keith Uhlich |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Rashevski's Tango (2003) |
"We feel as though we've spent an hour and a half with the wrong people." |
Joseph Jon Lanthier |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Raspberry Reich (2004) |
"Both a counter-cultural assault on homosexist ideology and a comment on the way a revolution is often watered by media-obsessed bleeding hearts." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Rasputin The Mad Monk (1966) |
"Lee’s riotous, low-throated interpretation of the back-stabbing mystic is something to behold." |
Eric Henderson |
Splat 2/4 |
Rat Race (2001) |
"An uncomfortable comment on the desperate-to-be-cast nature of the second-tier Hollywood actor." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato |
Ratatouille (2007) |
"Ratatouille is darling, even if I'm still of the opinion that a rat will eat your face if you let your guard down for a second." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Ratatouille (2007) |
"A boisterous ode to culinary delights, artistic inspiration, egalitarianism, camaraderie, family, and Paris." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato |
Raw Deal (1948) |
"The apex of noir style, offering up electric visions of sin, salvation, and sexual mania." |
Nick Schager |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Ray (2004) |
"Foxx's mannered performance fails to convey the complexities beneath Charles's trademark twitches.
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Nick Schager |
Tomato |
The Razor's Edge (1946) |
"Better seen as a sharp example of women's picture melodrama than as a card-carrying bohemian's guide to spiritual awakening." |
Jeremiah Kipp |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Razor's Edge (1946) |
"Goulding indulges in voluptuously lit scenes dominated by well-dressed extras, lots of carousing and booze, catty dialogue, and water fountains that upstage everybody." |
Jeremiah Kipp |
Tomato 3/4 |
Razzle Dazzle: The Lost World (2008) |
"A penetrating contemplation of the American industrial-military complex's obstreperous legacy." |
Eric Henderson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Re-Animator (1985) |
"Re-Animator was Stuart Gordon's first (and best) movie." |
Jeremiah Kipp |
Tomato 4/5 |
Re-Animator (1985) |
"Packed with bonus features, Re-Animator is lovingly brought back to life by Anchor Bay." |
Jeremiah Kipp |
Tomato |
Read My Lips (2002) |
"No supplemental material on this DVD edition but, then again, it’s Audiard’s taut screenplay and even more effective observation of a very complex relationship that’s key here." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Read My Lips (2002) |
"Their fascinating interdependence gives way to a power struggle built on unspoken trust and a series of daring demands." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 2/4 |
The Reader (2008) |
"Director Stephen Daldry and screenwriter David Hare exhibit a continued inability to thrillingly translate literary forms to the screen." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Real Cancun (2003) |
"“Girls Gone Wild” meets “The Real Wold” in miniature, with Snoop Dogg’s seal of approval." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato |
The Real Cancun (2003) |
"Body shots. Tequila shots. Boobies! Boobies! Boobies! Get your freak on with this DVD edition of The Real Cancun." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2007) |
"The Real Dirt on Farmer John is the healthiest film on the block." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato |
Real Women Have Curves (2002) |
"Certainly not the best film ever made but it’s definitely something for the Latin community to be proud of." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Real Women Have Curves (2002) |
"Real Women Have Curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve but even its worst harangues are easy to swallow thanks to remarkable performances by Ferrera and Ontiveros." |
Ed Gonzalez |
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