Splat 2/4 |
Cabin Fever (2003) |
"After a while, you start rooting for the flesh-eating virus." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Callas Forever (2004) |
"Zeffirelli is in his element celebrating Callas' glory and lushly staging Carmen. Alas, the rest of the movie... falls flat." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Camp (2003) |
"What makes Camp such a delight are the kids, any one of whom could kick your favorite American Idol star's butt." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Candy (2006) |
"It's not entertainment by any means, but it is riveting and rewarding viewing." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
El Cantante (2007) |
"Ichaso skims the surface of LaVoe's life, hitting on the usual musician biopic cliches already seen in Ray and Walk the Line." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) |
"Moore's loudest, most heartfelt warning, against corporate greed that is ruining his -- and our -- country. It's also a stirring cry to action." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 4/4 |
Capote (2005) |
"Hoffman's portrayal goes beyond impersonation -- though he nails the high-pitched cadences and fey mannerisms -- to find the troubled soul of the man." |
Sean Means |
Splat |
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) |
"In Captain Corelli's Mandolin, war is hell -- but it need not get in the way of a relaxing Mediterranean vacation." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Capturing the Friedmans (2003) |
"The questions of sexual abuse, family dysfunction and police zealousness -- and the examination given to them -- remain eerily fascinating." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Carnage (2003) |
"Whimsical irony is matched with arresting visuals throughout Carnage, and those moments carry the day even if you don't buy Gleize's everything-is-connected bull." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Cars (2006) |
"The joy of watching Cars is also its message: It's the journey that counts, not just the destination." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Casa de los Babys (2003) |
"Sayles gives us sample tastes of characters and a situation that could have made a full-course cinematic meal." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Casanova (2005) |
"Casanova leaves us with the beautiful-but-bland Miller and the emasculated Ledger, who, frankly, was more manly and more magnetic making out with Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Casino Royale (2006) |
"Though the Broccoli family... goofed by not jettisoning the old players behind the scenes, they made a smart decision with their new Bond." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
The Cat's Meow (2002) |
"Always so respectful of Old Hollywood, Bogdanovich tiptoes through the graveyard, lest he wake the ghosts." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Catch a Fire (2006) |
"Slovo's script is refreshingly ambiguous, never showing Patrick as a plaster saint nor Vos as a mustache-twirling villain." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Catch Me If You Can (2002) |
"Diving for depths that are not there, ... Spielberg only manages to con himself that they are." |
Sean Means |
Tomato |
Cats & Dogs (2001) |
"Getting past the blatant canine bias ... the movie turns out to be an inventive all-ages comedy." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Catwoman (2004) |
"When you have Berry in a Catwoman costume and Stone in a catsuit, and you can't even stage a decent catfight, why make a Catwoman movie at all?" |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Cave (2005) |
"The only truly scary thing in The Cave is the idea, as set up by the ending, that there could be a sequel." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Cellular (2004) |
"[Macy's performance is] a textbook example of how one good actor can transform a below-average movie into a pleasant experience." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Cet Amour-La (2002) |
"Moreau's small but telling glances are all the movie has to reveal Duras' loneliness and yearning for a last embrace, but at times it's almost enough." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Changeling (2008) |
"Jolie gets many opportunities to cry and a few to overact furiously, but even her fury gets lost in an interminable ending and period detail that doesn't just envelop the film but suffocates it." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Changing Lanes (2002) |
"Changing Lanes is primarily Jackson's movie, a treatise on racial tension that is seldom black-and-white." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Changing Times (2006) |
"[Techine's] observations of culture clashes... are thought-provoking but - like most of the movie - keep the audience emotionally separated from the characters' hearts." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Chaos (2003) |
"The plot twists, sneaky humor and Brakni's strong debut bring intriguing order from this Chaos." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Charlie Bartlett (2007) |
"[Director] Jon Poll... has trouble transitioning from humor to seriousness - and ends up mocking characters who need our sympathy the most." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Charlie Wilson's War (2007) |
"Alas, for all the down-and-dirty of covert ops and back-channel diplomacy depicted in Charlie Wilson's War, the movie feels a little too scrubbed, too sanitized." |
Sean Means |
Splat 0/4 |
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) |
"The self-conscious silliness of the first Charlie's Angels has been overwhelmed here by a stifling smugness." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2004) |
"Pity the poor film-school student who will have to sit through this dry-as-dust documentary." |
Sean Means |
Splat |
Charlotte Gray (2001) |
"Trivializes World War II's darker moments in service to its cheesy romantic triangle." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Charlotte's Web (2006) |
"[Charlotte] already picked the best words to describe the latest movie adaptation: terrific, radiant and humble." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Charly (2002) |
"Imagine the CleanFlicks version of 'Love Story,' with Ali MacGraw's profanities replaced by romance-novel platitudes." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) |
"Director Shawn Levy tries to alternate between slapstick humor and life-lesson pathos, and the blend is just too sweet." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1/4 |
Cheaper By the Dozen 2 (2005) |
"The humor in Sam Harper's script is as malnourished as Hilary Duff appears to be." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Chi-hwa-seon (2002) |
"Director Im Kwon-Taek steeps this film with reverence for Korean lore and history." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Chicago (2002) |
"[Zeta-Jones] makes Velma the coal-lump heart of Chicago a movie that is as dark as it is danceable." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Chicago 10 (2008) |
"The Chicago riots may have been our parents' history, but this is not our parents' documentary." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Chicken Little (2005) |
"With its charming characters and nonstop jokes, this movie is worth crossing the road to see." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
The Children of Huang Shi (2008) |
"Director Roger Spottiswoode captures some gorgeous Chinese scenery, much of which is chewed by Rhys Meyers' histrionic performance." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 4/4 |
Children of Men (2006) |
"A rare combination of intelligent social commentary and riveting action - a chase movie for the thinking person." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Choke (2008) |
"Debut director Clark Gregg draws strong performances from Rockwell, Huston and Brad William Henke as Victor's dim-bulb buddy." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Chorus (2005) |
"Two Oscar nominations or not, if you've seen one inspirational-teacher melodrama (Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Mr. Holland's Opus), you've seen this one, too." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Christmas in the Clouds (2005) |
"Writer-director Kate Montgomery commendably avoids the usual cliches about American Indians, but falls into every other kind of romantic-comedy cliche in the process." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Christmas Tale (2008) |
"Through a thicket of subplots..., Desplechin slowly and gracefully unfolds the damage done by years of bad blood." |
Sean Means |
Splat 0/4 |
Christmas with the Kranks (2004) |
"Roth and Columbus serve up strained slapstick routines, a slew of uninvolving characters and tritely manipulative subplots." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) |
"If you and your children enjoyed your first visit to Narnia, you'll be satisfied by the second trip." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005) |
"Adamson's touch is rather pedestrian, as if he didn't have the confidence to let Lewis' tale soar." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Chronicles of Riddick (2004) |
"But Diesel's one-note tough guy, the oppressive production design... and the overramped special effects crush [the movie] like a trash compactor." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Church Ball (2006) |
"Like Kurt Hale's previous Mormon comedies..., Church Ball envelops the viewer in the embrace of the familiar." |
Sean Means |
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