- |
The Jack Bull (1999) |
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Tomato B+ |
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2007) |
"If modern art-lovers want to understand what the Jack Smith experience was like, Jordan's documentary may be their best chance." |
Noel Murray |
- |
Jack the Ripper (1979) |
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|
Tomato B |
Jackass: Number Two (2006) |
"...when seen with a rapt, rowdy audience, the film becomes...a joyful celebration of the depths of human degradation." |
Nathan Rabin |
- |
The Jacket (2005) |
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Splat |
Jail Bait (1954) |
"The tale of a bad seed immersed in that most horrific of crimes, unregistered gun ownership." |
Nathan Rabin |
- |
James Dean (1998) |
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Splat C |
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) |
"There's a difference between connecting to a writer's work and reading too much of yourself in it, and the banal film version of Fowler's book crosses the line six too many times." |
Scott Tobias |
Tomato B |
Jar City (2008) |
"The story hits too many familiar beats, but Kormákur flavors his familiar dish with beauty shots of Iceland's pitted landscape and the occasional cooked sheep's head." |
Sam Adams |
- |
Jarhead (2005) |
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- |
Jay Z - Fade to Black (2004) |
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Tomato |
Jazz on a Summer's Day (1958) |
"Jazz bounds from strength to strength, stylishly immortalizing transcendently beautiful music on a glorious day, suggesting in the process that film might have no higher purpose." |
Keith Phipps |
Tomato B- |
JCVD (2008) |
"A canny piece of autobiography that looks at the man behind the legend and the legend behind the man." |
Scott Tobias |
Tomato B- |
Jellyfish (2008) |
"Jellyfish is the kind of film that will ring true for some viewers, while striking others as too slight and precious." |
Noel Murray |
Splat D+ |
Jennifer's Body (2009) |
"Cody will stop a scene cold for the chance to shoehorn “move on dot org” into a sentence." |
Scott Tobias |
Tomato B+ |
Jerichow (2009) |
"Jerichow’s sparseness, tiny cast, and minimal plot can make the film seem a little elusive, but there’s a certain elegance to Petzold’s concision, too. He shows all he wants us to see." |
Noel Murray |
- |
The Jerk (1979) |
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Splat C+ |
Jesus Camp (2006) |
"[Ewing and Grady] take the techniques of the Jesus campers too close to heart: Admit no doubt and keep preaching until they've got the point." |
Keith Phipps |
- |
Jiminy Glick in LaLaWood (2004) |
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Tomato B- |
Jimmy Carter Man From Plains (2007) |
"Jonathan Demme's fly-on-the-wall documentary Man From Plains follows Carter on a three-month book tour from late 2006 to early 2007." |
Scott Tobias |
Tomato B+ |
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (2007) |
"The Future Is Unwritten is as overstuffed as Sandinista!, but it races ahead like 'White Riot.'" |
Noel Murray |
Splat C |
John Tucker Must Die (2006) |
"One of the unheralded guilty pleasures of inane teen sex comedies comes from watching middle-aged filmmakers haplessly attempt to gauge the pulse of teen America." |
Nathan Rabin |
Splat |
Johnson Family Vacation (2004) |
"It's a sign of trouble when watching a movie prompts nostalgia for the movie it's ripping off, particularly when that movie wasn't any good." |
Keith Phipps |
Tomato B+ |
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006) |
"While Jonestown lacks the power of revelation, it's a first-rate piece of journalism, as fascinating and thorough as any magazine article." |
Noel Murray |
Splat C+ |
Joshua (2007) |
"It's regrettable that Joshua veers into outlandish Omen/Bad Seed/Good Son territory." |
Nathan Rabin |
Splat C+ |
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) |
"Like its early predecessors, it's a nominally fun trip, but it's tissue-thin and instantly forgettable." |
Tasha Robinson |
Tomato B- |
Joyeux Noël (2006) |
"Though a painless time-passer, Joyeux Noël ultimately contributes little to the venerable anti-war genre." |
Nathan Rabin |
Splat |
Joyride (1997) |
"A depressingly mediocre little film" |
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- |
JSA - Joint Security Area (2002) |
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Tomato A- |
Julia (2008) |
"[Director] Zonca’s merely feeding off Swinton’s manic performance, which starts out tough to watch, then becomes gripping." |
Noel Murray |
Splat C |
Julie & Julia (2009) |
"Julie & Julia is two movies in one. That’s one more movie than it needs to be." |
Keith Phipps |
- |
Juliet of the Spirits (1965) |
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|
Splat C- |
Jumper (2008) |
"No exciting action can cover the film's profound shallowness and repulsive attitude toward everyone but Christensen." |
Tasha Robinson |
- |
Junebug (2005) |
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|
Tomato |
Junior Bonner (1972) |
"Junior Bonner may be the least Peckinpah-like in content, but it's very much like his other work in spirit." |
Keith Phipps |
Tomato B+ |
Juno (2007) |
"Strikingly written by newcomer Diablo Cody, Juno will get a lot of attention for its colorful dialogue, which is at times too ostentatious for its own good, but the film's sincerity is what ultimately carries it across." |
Scott Tobias |
Tomato B- |
Just Another Love Story (2009) |
"Just Another Love Story is enjoyably moody in the early going, and it develops into a decent Hitchcockian thriller at times." |
Noel Murray |
- |
Just Like Heaven (2005) |
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|
Splat D |
Just My Luck (2006) |
"A lazy spitballing session of karmic humor, hinged on the sort of generic rom-com contrivances that keep movies like these from ending at a reasonable time." |
Scott Tobias |
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