Tomato 3.5/4 |
L'Enfant (2006) |
"[The Dardennes] break down whatever barriers a more formal film might have offered the audience for protection." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 4/4 |
La Dolce Vita (1960) |
"For all of its great moments, it's the tender sadness Fellini creates that makes "La Dolce Vita" resonate more than 40 years later." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
La Ley De Herodes (2000) |
"As the story unfolds, Alcazar's slow-burn performance pays off with a venomous brilliance, making the audience choke on the guffaws that came so easily earlier." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
La Vie En Rose (2007) |
"The constant that makes La Vie en Rose so compelling is Cotillard's dynamic portrayal of Piaf." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Ladder 49 (2004) |
"A well-intended melodrama that's as soggy as a firehose.
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Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Ladies in Lavender (2005) |
"The story slowly - way too slowly - descends into silly soap opera that robs the stars, especially Dench as a moony spinster, of their dignity." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Lady in the Water (2006) |
"Shyamalan's plodding script spends all its time explaining [its] complex mythology, drowning Lady in the Water in a sea of talkiness." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Lady Vengeance (2005) |
"Park's imagery can be as poetic as it is jolting, but the pacing is slow and meandering." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Ladykillers (2004) |
"Such a slight effort compared to the original Ladykillers and past Coen works." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
The Lake House (2006) |
"Oppressive earnestness... takes its heaviest toll on the leads, robbing Bullock of her spunk and Reeves of his beatific sexiness." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Lake of Fire (2007) |
"Most of the footage... is at least a decade old - and the saddest commentary is that the discussion hasn't budged an inch." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Lakeview Terrace (2008) |
"LaBute makes it work, hitting hot-button issues in the confines of a rattling thriller." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Lan Yu (2002) |
"Seems like something American and European gay movies were doing 20 years ago." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Land of Plenty (2004) |
"These intriguing characters and some gorgeous (for digital video) footage keep you involved, even as the plot meanders." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Land of the Lost (2009) |
"The technical quality [of the effects] has improved, but the inherent cheesiness of the saucer-eyed Sleestak remains intact." |
Sean Means |
Tomato |
Lantana (2001) |
"Lantana, as coiled and thorny as its title suggests, gets its chilling energy from LaPaglia's quiet intensity." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Lars And The Real Girl (2007) |
"One of the strangest, funniest and most romantic movies you're likely to see." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Lassie (2006) |
"Sturridge sometimes overplays his hand, piling on the sentimental clichés and goosing the violin music." |
Sean Means |
Tomato |
The Last Castle (2001) |
"The scenes between Redford and Gandolfini crackle, because both play well against type." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Last Days (2005) |
"[T]rying to reignite his musical passion in the studio, Pitt comes as close as is comfortable to finding the kernel of life buried by layers of drugs and fame-weariness." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Last Holiday (2006) |
"Latifah is as charming and sassy as always. ... Someday, she'll find a script that can match her magnificent personality." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Last Kiss (2006) |
"Though there are moments of wry humor, the plight of these characters is treated quite seriously." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Last Mimzy (2007) |
"The script runs through the clichéd paces..., but with enough good humor and warmth to make this trip worth the ride." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Last Mistress (2008) |
"Argento is a feral beauty who devours everything in her path, and a perfect actress for Breillat. But the director seems hemmed in by the period finery, and the movie is a self-conscious yawn." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Last Samurai (2003) |
"The battle scenes, especially, are a visual feast in the tradition of Spartacus and Braveheart." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Latter Days (2004) |
"Writer-director C. Jay Cox has created a tender gay love story, and then buries it under shrill diatribes, plot clichés and one-note characters." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Laurel Canyon (2003) |
"Just when you thought the "La-La Land" cliche ... had been done to death, along comes the indie-film variation in Laurel Canyon." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1/4 |
Law Abiding Citizen (2009) |
"It's a toss-up what's dumber: the forehead-slapping contrivances director F. Gary Gray sets up for each killing, or the Neanderthal political "message."" |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Lawless Heart (2002) |
"Complex but never confusing -- thanks to the three-act structure, which replays the same moments from different perspectives." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1/4 |
Laws of Attraction (2004) |
"The exquisitely talented Moore, obviously uncomfortable with rapid-fire banter, should sue director Peter Howitt for an annulment, on the grounds of nonsupport." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Layer Cake (2005) |
"British actor Daniel Craig... is the latest name rumored to play James Bond - and this smart gangland thriller could be his audition tape." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Leatherheads (2008) |
"Leatherheads has its charms - most of them Clooney's, as he again embodies the definition of manliness: The guy other guys want to be, and women want to be with." |
Sean Means |
Splat |
Legally Blonde (2001) |
"The 'believe in yourself' message falls too heavily for this light material to carry it." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003) |
"The jokes cover the fact that the story essentially repeats the first movie's plot, even if it has to dumb Elle down to make it work." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003) |
"The jokes cover the fact that the story essentially repeats the first movie's plot, even if it has to dumb Elle down to make it work." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Legend of Johnny Lingo (2003) |
"[The film] manages to overcome its weaknesses -- and its ancestry as a famously cornball Brigham Young University-produced short -- with gentle humor and sweetness." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Legend of Suriyothai (2003) |
"Enjoy the gorgeous and gaudy splendor of the sets, the locations and the spare-no-expense battle scenes featuring 3,500 extras and 160 elephants." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Legend of Zorro (2005) |
"It's all overstuffed with action..., rip-offs of classic Western images and howling historical errors. It also is, admittedly, a good deal of fun if you shut off your brains." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Let the Right One In (2008) |
"As Oskar and Eli grow closer, in scenes with a tender intimacy, the violence also turns more personal." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Levity (2003) |
"To get so little energy from such talented actors is an act for which Solomon should seek redemption." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1/4 |
The Libertine (2005) |
"First-time director Laurence Dunsmore ... enjoys his wallow in London murk and mud, but nobody else will." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
License To Wed (2007) |
"Weddings are supposed to be happy occasions, but this shrill by-the-numbers comedy provides little reason to smile." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004) |
"Any movie confident enough to end with the cast jauntily walking down the street (a la Buckaroo Banzai) is worth a look." |
Sean Means |
Splat |
Life as a House (2001) |
"Feels like the house George builds: finely crafted, but lacking that lived-in feel." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Life of David Gale (2003) |
"The Life of David Gale demonstrates why Hollywood liberals have such an awful reputation for being humorless, overbearing and self-important." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Life or Something Like It (2002) |
"Only in a movie like this could live-TV drunkenness become a career-advancing move." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Lightning in a Bottle (2004) |
"[It] achieves the goal of every concert film, to make you feel like you were there - or at least wish you were there." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Lila Says (2005) |
"Director/co-writer Ziad Doueiri captures the tenderness of young love and the volatility of Lila's sexual openness -- a bottle of nitro that even Doueiri can't handle." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Lilya 4-Ever (2003) |
"Seldom have the movies given us a young actress as appealing as Oksana Akinshina, or presented a character as real as the one she plays in Lilya 4-Ever." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Lions for Lambs (2007) |
"Feels like a really good off-Broadway play - stripped of artifice, its sharp commentary to the point, making its stinging points more through words than action." |
Sean Means |
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