Tomato 2.5/4 |
U-Carmen (2007) |
"Though not the best film version of Bizet's famous opera Carmen, Mark Dornford-May's Berlin Bear-winner from 2005 may be among the most loyal." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 2/4 |
The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) |
"Explicitly, the film is pure fluff, a competently detailed catalog of Lennon's political ambitions told in the visual shorthand of the VH1 rock-doc." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 2/4 |
U2 3D (2008) |
"Anyone who owns Rattle and Hum knows that U2 is a great live act, but what's the point of U2 3D beyond simulating a front-row view of one of their concerts?" |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato |
Ugetsu (1953) |
"Mizoguchi's Ugetsu is far from chivalrous, but that doesn't stop it from being one of cinema's most austere male weepies." |
Eric Henderson |
Tomato 4/4 |
Ugetsu (1953) |
"A withering hip check against machismo." |
Eric Henderson |
Splat 2/4 |
The Ugly Truth (2009) |
"The Ugly Truth is proof that when dealing with such movies, oftentimes the only thing separating the complete trash from the sort-of-trash is the actors." |
Matt Noller |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Ultimate Gift (2007) |
"The Ultimate Gift is so resolutely 'good for you' that watching it is a lot like eating Brussels sprouts." |
Nick Schager |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Ultraviolet (2006) |
"Ultraviolet is nice to gaze at but otherwise simplistic, senseless, and eminently skippable.
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Nick Schager |
Splat 2/4 |
Ulysses' Gaze (1995) |
"Angelopoulos' film is lyrically evocative but painfully self-important." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 4/4 |
Un Chien Andalou (1929) |
"Though Un Chien Andalou is a rich composite of symbols, Buñuel refuses to allow his symbols to speak for themselves." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato |
Un Chien Andalou (1929) |
"17 minutes that forever changed the face of cinema, Un Chien Andalou finally makes it to DVD on this nice Transflux Films release." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Un Homme Perdu (2007) |
"The film is not nearly as willful or poetic in its abstraction, dangling enough stray bits of context over audiences' heads to help us get by but still leaving both us and itself caught in a confused lull." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Un Secret (2008) |
"It would be hard to imagine a less necessary Holocaust picture than A Secret." |
Andrew Schenker |
Splat 2/4 |
Unaccompanied Minors (2006) |
"The film has an excellent pedigree, but when it poops it stinks of a Tim Allen movie." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 2/4 |
Unborn (2003) |
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Splat 2/4 |
The Unborn (2009) |
"The year is only a week old and already the cinema gods have bestowed upon us a candidate for most awesome catchword of the year: Jumby!" |
Nick Schager |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion (2006) |
"Unborn in the USA will not change your mind about abortion, but it will make pro-choicers think differently about people who actively work to stop it from happening." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 3/4 |
Unbreakable (2000) |
"Dreary though spiritually sound." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 2/4 |
The Uncertainty Principle (2002) |
"Seeing as the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable, the director's experiment is a successful one." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Uncle Nino (2003) |
"Though convinced it’s helping people to rediscover their roots, the film succeeds only in planting corn." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Uncle Sam (1996) |
"Lustig's surprisingly evocative widescreen compositions are peppered with an absurd parade of Americana." |
Eric Henderson |
Splat 2/4 |
Unconscious (2007) |
"The film is so opulently and noisily aestheticized it gives the illusion of being smarter than it is, though it benefits from some endearing performances." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Undead (2005) |
"A CGI-laden Frankenstein built from spare pop cultural parts, existing only to pander to an ADD-afflicted demographic of teenage boys." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Under Our Skin (2009) |
"Under Our Skin is a rigorously researched and highly thorough piece of investigative reporting on the silent epidemic that is Lyme disease." |
Lauren Wissot |
Splat 2/4 |
Under the Same Moon (2008) |
"Under the Same Moon aims to get audiences to blubber at the trials of mother and child but doesn't persuasively put convincing flesh on people caught in the immigration firestorm." |
Bill Weber |
Tomato 4/4 |
Under the Sand (2001) |
"Rampling continues to reinvent sexual desire." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 3/4 |
Under the Sea 3D (2009) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Under the Sea 3D (2009) |
"Strictly fodder for the preteen set, Under the Sea 3D, the latest IMAX deep-sea-dive exploration (brought to you by the fisheye's point of view), is expectedly rudimentary but a splendor to watch." |
Adam Keleman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) |
"In bombarding Frances with endless coincidences, Wells sweetly celebrates the mysteries of life and those little forks in the road that so many of us ignore or take for granted." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 1/4 |
Underclassman (2005) |
"Siega's hackneyed, by-the-books action-comedy exhibits few intelligent thoughts in its dunce cap-deserving head.
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Nick Schager |
Tomato 3/4 |
Undercover Brother (2002) |
"A witty piece of genre deconstruction that's curiously drunk on pomo knowingness for both the mofo mystique of 70s blaxploitation and the mojo bull**** of James Bond." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Underdog (2007) |
"A film like Underdog is best defined by its complete lack of distinction." |
Rob Humanick |
Tomato 4/4 |
Underground (1995) |
"Emir Kusturica’s tragic-farce Underground may be the most important film of the last 25 years." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 3/4 |
Undertow (2004) |
"The rich soundscape of natural noises creates a palpable sense of enveloping environment." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Underworld (1927) |
"Josef von Sternberg's Underworld is a fascinating early cornerstone of both the director's worldview and the gangster genre." |
Fernando F. Croce |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Underworld (2003) |
"The film takes the fetishization of the vampire in contemporary pop culture quite literally." |
Joshua Vasquez |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Underworld: Evolution (2006) |
"Devoid of its predecessor's proletariat-aristocracy allegorical undercurrents and beset by more perplexing flashbacks than a Timothy Leary apprentice." |
Nick Schager |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) |
"Hiistorical events referenced in the first two installments of the Underworld franchise are brought to life in this passionless, idea-deprived prequel" |
Ryan Stewart |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Undiscovered (2005) |
"Avis layers every sequence with pop singles and confuses poor camera focus and colored lighting for aesthetic flair." |
Paul Schrodt |
Splat 2/4 |
Undisputed (2002) |
"This 90-minute dud could pass for Mike Tyson's E! True Hollywood Story." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Undoing (2007) |
"Despite the fact that its style comes off as somewhat schizophrenic, Undoing is a film of remarkably direct emotions." |
Rob Humanick |
Tomato |
Unfaithful (2002) |
"Just in time for Christmas, here's something special to give to that special lady in your life looking to scratch that seven-year itch." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 3/4 |
Unfaithful (2002) |
"Softcore porn poet Adrian Lyne knows good sex." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 1/4 |
An Unfinished Life (2005) |
"A prototypical WE channel mushfest." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Unforeseen (2007) |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Unforeseen (2007) |
"Though fittingly directed by Laura Dunn, one can't help but feel the presence of producer Terrence Malick." |
Rob Humanick |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) |
"Proves that, no matter what punches were thrown at him, no one ever wiped that triumphant smile off of Jack Johnson's face." |
Nick Schager |
Splat 1/4 |
The Uninvited (1944) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Splat 1/4 |
The Uninvited (2009) |
"Arriving at least two years after the Asian-horror-remake craze subsided, The Uninvited delivers a spooky-stepmom saga free of invention." |
Nick Schager |
Splat .5/4 |
United 93 (2006) |
"The stench of death and dread permeates every frame of United 93, but it is nowhere near as strong as the stink of synergy." |
Keith Uhlich |
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