Tomato 3/4 |
P.S. (2004) |
"p.s. is a showcase for Linney, who juggles Louise's many self-contradictions ... in a bright and humor-filled performance." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
P.S. I Love You (2007) |
"Alas, we never buy the depth of Holly and Gerry's love because the chemistry between Swank and Butler is nonexistent." |
Sean Means |
Splat 0/4 |
P2 (2007) |
"Like a driver lost in a parking garage, this awful splatter-fest spends its time going in circles accomplishing nothing." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1/4 |
The Pacifier (2005) |
"Diesel's stern, stubbly demeanor and leaden performance make [Tommy Lee] Jones look like Jim Carrey." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Page Turner (2007) |
"Fans of the French suspense master Claude Chabrol will recognize Dercourt as a potential successor." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Painted Veil (2006) |
"A case of filmmakers being too enamored of classic source material to pump enough blood to bring a film version to life." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Palindromes (2005) |
"Solondz' storytelling is both masterful and distressingly nihilistic, resulting in a movie that one can simultaneously admire and despise." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) |
"Is Pan's Labyrinth a war movie with fantasy elements? Or is it a fantasy film laced with political allegory? The beauty of del Toro's story is that it could be read either way." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Panic Room (2002) |
"Unencumbered with the usual sociological weight his movies carry, Fincher gets to revel in the sheer gee-whizziness of his craft." |
Sean Means |
Splat 0/4 |
Paparazzi (2004) |
"Mel Gibson... shows up in Bo's counselor's office - inviting the audience, bored with the movie, to speculate on Mel's own media-persecution complex." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Paper Clips (2004) |
"Certainly not the tribute these kids and adults deserve." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paper Heart (2009) |
"Imagine if Borat had been made by Miranda July, the whimsical beat-poet performance artist who gave us Me and You and Everyone We Know." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Paradise Now (2005) |
"What is striking about Paradise Now is the stark way Abu-Assad lays out the situation, unvarnished and unbiased." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Paranoid Park (2008) |
"Van Sant opens a window onto the teen life ..., but the insights have less depth than a skateboard wheel's imprint." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Paranormal Activity (2009) |
"A chilling minimalist shocker shot in a week for an initial budget of merely $11,000 [that] scares and entertains better than movies made for 10,000 times more." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Paris, Je T'aime (2007) |
"The cream of this crop took the assignment to heart - to show not just being in love in Paris, but being in love with Paris." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Party Monster (2003) |
"The look, like Culkin's self-consciously manic performance, is all surface -- which may be the point of profiling these empty lives, but not enough reason to make us watch." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Passenger (1975) |
"The final shot, a long tracking shot that hints at what's going on outside the journalist's world and inside his head, is a marvel." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Passion of the Christ (2004) |
"Gibson places his faith in Christ's suffering, and is determined to make the moviegoer suffer in Jesus' name as well." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 2/4 |
Paycheck (2003) |
"Dean Georgaris' script leans too much on Affleck going MacGyver at the exact right moment." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Penelope (2008) |
"It's Ricci, with her princesslike innocence and Keane-painting eyes, who provides the movie's abundant charm." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Perfect Crime (2005) |
"Long on outrageous style but short on real laughs." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
A Perfect Getaway (2009) |
"Writer-director David Twohy is too much in love with his hipper-than-thou dialogue, but he plants some sneaky scares along the trail." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Perfect Man (2005) |
"It's sad to see engaging actors trying to breathe life into an idiotic movie, only to be thwarted by the script's dim machinations." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Perfect Score (2004) |
"Director Brian Robbins is no John Hughes, though he does strive for 'message movie' status." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Perfect Stranger (2007) |
"The script overloads on so many reversals and red herrings that it implicates three more suspects while you're on your way to the parking lot." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) |
"There's something, radiating out from Whishaw's cipher of a performance, smelly at the core of Perfume that no amount of artifice can cover up." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Personal Velocity (2002) |
"None of the three stories has much narrative breadth ... but there is depth." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Peter Pan (2003) |
"Even though the film employs up-to-date special effects..., its spirit may be truer to Barrie's ideal than any other film version." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 4/4 |
Phoebe In Wonderland (2009) |
"[The movie] resists being pigeonholed or easily labeled -- because, like Phoebe herself, the movie is brilliant and a little strange and wonderfully unique." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Phone Booth (2003) |
"Like most Schumacher movies, Phone Booth rings loudly but is disconnected from the real world." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pieces of April (2003) |
"The dialogue is crisp and natural, particularly when Clarkson unloads with parental complaining or surprising humor." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pineapple Express (2008) |
"A rare thing: a stoner comedy where being stoned isn't a requirement to enjoying it." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1/4 |
Pinocchio (2002) |
"No matter how much he runs around and acts like a doofus, accepting a 50-year-old in the role is creepy in a Michael Jackson sort of way." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 4/4 |
Pirate Radio (2009) |
"A bloody perfect comedy, a rollicking rock 'n' roll farce brimming with raunchy humor and characters who will charm your socks off." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) |
"By the final chaotic battle, the overwhelming feeling [the movie] generates is relief that the whole enterprise is over." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) |
"Bloom and Knightley act as if they are going through the motions, ... and even Depp's devil-may-care portrayal of Captain Jack has a calculated quality." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) |
"Depp hijacks -- no, commandeers -- the staginess and special effects, turning Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl into a giddy adventure." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Planet 51 (2009) |
"The story itself is weakly conceived and doesn't sustain a feature-length movie." |
Sean Means |
Splat 0/4 |
Play the Game (2009) |
"I never contemplated what Andy Griffith's face would look like during orgasm, and I curse this atrocious and shoddy romantic comedy for making Griffith do it and making anyone watch it." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
A Plumm Summer (2008) |
"The happy Hardy Boys action takes an uncomfortable back seat to low-rent melodrama." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Pokemon - Heroes: The Movie (2003) |
"An easily avoided waste of time." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ponyo (2009) |
"As beautiful as Ponyo is to the eye, the movie -- thanks in part to a spotty English-language adaptation -- is sometimes a bit grating to the ear and confusing to the brain." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) |
"Neither the life lesson on tolerance nor Carly Simon's treacly songs can weigh down the bouncy fun of this colorful and kid-friendly adventure." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Poolhall Junkies (2003) |
"Not even Walken can deliver Callahan's pseudo-Raymond Chandler dialogue... without prompting unintentional giggles." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Poseidon (2006) |
"Without an emotional investment in these sketchy characters, all the audience has to hang onto is the spectacle of a computer-generated boat going under the computer-generated waves." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Power Trip (2003) |
"A lively fly-on-the-wall view of the clash between old-line Communist inefficiency and well-intended capitalist progress -- and the people caught in the middle." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
A Prairie Home Companion (2006) |
"[Altman] gives his performers breathing space, and many - like the always-great Streep and the subtly impressive Lohan - take great advantage of it." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) |
"It's a small miracle that a story as filled with tragedy and heartbreak as Precious... would also be as hopeful and life-affirming as it is." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Premonition (2007) |
"Bill Kelly's script adds a graceful touch of the spiritual, but it can't overcome the holes in story logic during Linda's Groundhog Day of a week." |
Sean Means |
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