Splat |
O (2001) |
"A good idea felled by lackluster execution." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Observe and Report (2009) |
"Director-writer Jody Hill wants it both ways -- as absurdist comedy and serious character study -- and falls short twice." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Occupation: Dreamland (2005) |
"If you saw Gunner Palace, there's not much fresh or insightful here." |
Sean Means |
Tomato |
Ocean's Eleven (2001) |
"Sin City never looked so beautiful." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Ocean's Thirteen (2007) |
"The gang's back in Vegas, and back in top form." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Off the Map (2005) |
"In spite of being shot in the sun-saturated desert landscapes of New Mexico, Off the Map feels half-baked." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 4/4 |
Offside (2006) |
"With gentle humor, Panahi exposes the camaraderie of these female soccer fans, who thrill to a game they are not allowed to watch." |
Sean Means |
Splat 0/4 |
Old Dogs (2009) |
"This excruciating comedy tests the limits of how many shots to the crotch a movie can show, or an audience can absorb." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Oldboy (2005) |
"So inventive its plot doesn't just twist but forms itself into a Mobius strip." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Oliver Twist (2005) |
"A film that's stately in its production but moves as if walking through thick gruel." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Omen (2006) |
"There seems to be little reason for its existence - except to take advantage of the calendar anomaly of June 6, 2006 (6/6/06)." |
Sean Means |
Splat |
On the Line (2001) |
"Calling this amateurish mix of romantic-comedy cliches, music-video montages and commercial plugs a 'movie' is a stretch." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 4/4 |
Once (2007) |
"The fact that the music seems to come from an organic source, growing out of the characters and intertwined with the story, makes Once a singularly touching musical." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) |
"[Rodriguez’] kid-in-a-candy-store attitude infuses every moment of this sprawling, overstuffed and giddily inventive action drama." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2003) |
"Only Ifans, with his hangdog expressions and dithering double-talk, generates any laughs or sympathy." |
Sean Means |
Splat |
The One (2001) |
"The sight of Li battling Li isn't nearly as exciting as it should be." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
One Good Man |
"There's zero tension in Bishop Young's story, as every crisis on his path is easily solved with a gentle montage of scriptural consultation and hugs all around." |
Sean Means |
Tomato |
One Hour Photo (2002) |
"A truly unsettling performance by Robin Williams." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
One Night With The King (2006) |
"Director Michael O. Sajbel can't rein in the story convolutions or the pompous dialogue of Stephan Blinn's script." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2005) |
"Watching Tony Jaa... provides the same thrill as watching those early Jackie Chan movies. This guy is the real deal." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Open Hearts (2003) |
"One instance where Dogme's subtraction of extraneous elements turns out to be a plus." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Open Range (2003) |
"Costner saves his best work for the finale, an electrifying gun battle that steers clear of Western clichés to re-create the chaos and brutality of a place thick with flying bullets." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Open Water (2004) |
"The actors - particularly the star-in-the-making Ryan, who takes command of the screen - and Kentis conspire to tie the audience's nerves into knots." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Operation Filmmaker (2008) |
"Davenport focuses deep on the Hollywood do-gooder mentality and her own complicity in treating Mohmed as a symbol of the war and not as a flawed person." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Osama (2003) |
"Barmak details the Taliban's picayune restrictions, which would be comic if they weren't enforced with such brutality." |
Sean Means |
Tomato |
Osmosis Jones (2001) |
"A witty hybrid of animation and live action." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
OT: Our Town (2003) |
"Director-photographer Scott Hamilton Kennedy's celebratory documentary shows how the students proved the naysayers wrong." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) |
"Screenwriter Peter Morgan (The Queen) gives the bodice-ripping action of Philippa Gregory's novel a high-tone gloss by stressing the political machinations at work behind the bed-hopping." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Other Side of Heaven (2002) |
"By no means a great movie, but it is a refreshingly forthright one." |
Sean Means |
Splat |
The Others (2001) |
"Suffers from an easily predicted 'twist' ending that spoils the chill factor." |
Sean Means |
Splat |
Out Cold (2001) |
"It's 90 minutes of agony, buried under an avalanche of gross-out jokes and goofy geeks." |
Vince Horiuchi |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Over the Hedge (2006) |
"The satirical look at suburban blight ... will entertain the grown-ups, while the dizzying antics will keep the kids in stitches." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Owning Mahowny (2003) |
"[Hoffman's] understated and powerful performance ... is a lucid study in the obsessive force of one man's gambling addiction." |
Sean Means |
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