Splat 2/4 |
Take the Lead (2006) |
"Like the footprints you follow during dance lessons, this movie ... lays its predictable moves right out there." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Taken (2009) |
"The script is more hard-hitting and realistic than [Besson's] Transporter films, which means youll only laugh out loud two or three times." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Taking Lives (2004) |
"In spite of the severe (and, I'll admit, outlandishly clever) plot twists in the final reel, Taking Lives is depressingly similar to your average Ashley Judd potboiler." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) |
"There's a serviceable thriller somewhere in this remake of the 1974 drama." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Tale of Despereaux (2008) |
"What wins us over is Despereaux himself, whose courage and heart are as big as his ears." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Talent Given Us (2004) |
"The result is a funny and sometimes touching docu-comedy, sort of like watching your parents if they were in the middle of a Woody Allen movie." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Talk to Me (2007) |
"Cheadle, an always-dynamic actor, is compelling as he delivers Greene's no-bull radio talks and stand-up comedy routines." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) |
"The movie's second half gives Ferrell what he scarcely had at the beginning: funny performers playing off him." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1/4 |
Taxi (2004) |
"It may be the ultimate compliment of [Latifah's] acting that she can hide the undeniable fact that Taxi is utterly beneath her." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 4/4 |
Taxi to the Dark Side (2008) |
"[Gibney] raises an alarm to America's conscience, angrily asking why we the people have allowed our values - and even our safety - to be compromised by such secret policies." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Team America: World Police (2004) |
"[Parker and Stone] aren't always as evenhanded with their satirical barbs as they profess to be." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 4/4 |
Tell No One (2008) |
"Canet stages some breakneck chases, particularly one where Alex crosses a busy freeway, and corrals an array of fascinating characters to populate this twisty but entirely logical plot." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Tell Them Who You Are (2005) |
"More than a Hollywood profile, it becomes a filmmaker's effort to figure out how he relates, personally and professionally, to his famous father." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Ten (2007) |
"Some bits... are shockingly funny. Others, like the surgeon who causes a woman's death "as a goof," are just shocking without the funny." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Ten Canoes (2007) |
"This strikingly beautiful and strange drama immerses moviegoers completely in a world they have never seen." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006) |
"If the whole movie were as good as the opening five minutes, when Black leads a mini rock opera with metal gods Meat Loaf and Ronnie James Dio, [it] would be the greatest movie of all time." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Terminal (2004) |
"Hanks ... is the perfect actor for this role, balancing the absurdist humor and heartbreak of Viktor's predicament and adding his own considerable good nature." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) |
"What is missing from Terminator 3 is the relentless inventiveness Cameron brought to the first two Terminator films." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Terminator Salvation (2009) |
"[The movie] is a lot like the human-killing machines it depicts: ruthlessly efficient, action-oriented, thunderously brutal and loaded with high-tech firepower. It's also just as cold and emotionless," |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Terror's Advocate (2007) |
"Schroeder's approach to this controversial figure is more plodding than it should be." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Testosterone (2003) |
"The male characters are bland, a fatal flaw for a gay movie, while the women - Celina Font, Sonia Braga and Jennifer Coolidge - steal the show.
" |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) |
"The blood and other body parts are plentiful, and some special-effects shots (like a pull-back through a woman's freshly cored skull) are beyond gratuitous." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Thank You For Smoking (2006) |
"Eckhart ably carries the weight of the movie, wide smile and dimpled chin set firmly in every scene." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Clone Wars (2008) |
"Either George Lucas decided he wanted to make a sillier animated parody of his beloved franchise than Family Guy or Robot Chicken; or Lucas' elevator isn't going to the top floor of the Death Star anymore." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Counterfeiters (2008) |
"[It] manages the difficult task of illuminating the size of the Nazis' horror while still focusing on a few men in the middle of it." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) |
"[The 1951 classic] gets bulked up and dumbed down in a modern remake that repositions the alien Klaatu as a wrathful God rather than a peace-loving one." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Fallen Idol (1948) |
"Reed and Greene build unbearable tension, with the nifty trick of showing events both as they happen and as little Philippe interprets (and occasionally misinterprets) them." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Polar Express (2004) |
"It takes a funny pair of glasses to turn a mediocre Christmas tale into an eye-popping spectacle." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Then She Found Me (2008) |
"Helen Hunt, as she allows herself to age authentically, may have a good second career as a director, based on the surefooted handling of this comedy-drama." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
There Will Be Blood (2007) |
"Whether you believe There Will Be Blood is a transcendently powerful movie or merely damn good, there's no debate that Day-Lewis' performance as Plainview is something to behold." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Thérèse (2004) |
"As fodder for a movie biography, her life plays out ploddingly, even with the occasional miracle thrown in." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
They (2002) |
"They takes a long time to get to its gasp-inducing ending." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Thing About My Folks (2005) |
"[Falk turns] a stereotyped curmudgeon into a warm and winning character and the only reason to watch." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Thirteen (2003) |
"My advice: Parents and teens should go see thirteen together; with any luck, it will scare the hell out of both of them" |
Sean Means |
Splat |
Thirteen Ghosts (2001) |
"Does the hammy F. Murray Abraham carry his Oscar with him, just to prove to people he won one?" |
Sean Means |
Tomato 4/5 |
Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) |
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Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
This Christmas (2007) |
"Through the copious hugs and soundtrack cues, This Christmas hits the familiar holiday themes earnestly -- and during the Christmas season, that should count for something." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
This Divided State (2005) |
"[Captures] a part of the story that was overlooked by most media: the spirited discussions among students who suddenly realized they had a stake in their nation's politics." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006) |
"The funniest part of This Film Is Not Yet Rated is the finale, as Dick submits the very film we are watching to the MPAA for a rating. (Guess what he gets.)" |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
This Is England (2007) |
"[Meadows] captures the palpable anger of impoverished youth, without money or jobs or hope, seeking to blame somebody else for their troubles." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) |
"Jones gives himself the plum role, not out of vanity but to do justice to Arriaga's story. ... The only actor capable of playing a man like Perkins is Tommy Lee Jones." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Thumbsucker (2005) |
"Mike Mills applies a candy-colored viewpoint to Walter Kirn's novel of teen angst." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Thunderbirds (2004) |
"[Lady Penelope is] Austin Powers redesigned by Hilary Duff - and just the dose of kitsch the rest of this IQ-deprived movie needs." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3/4 |
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2003) |
"An emotional look at a battered land and a resilient people.
" |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
Till Human Voices Wake Us (2003) |
"What aims to be dreamlike plays more like sleepwalking, and what is meant to be dark and brooding becomes gray and plodding." |
Sean Means |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) |
"Endlessly inventive and gruesomely fun, Corpse Bride is further proof that Burton's imagination only has free rein when there aren't actual human beings in the picture." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2/4 |
The Time Machine (2002) |
"[The filmmakers are] so hung up on other versions of The Time Machine that they never give this one a life of its own." |
Sean Means |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Time to Leave (2006) |
"It's difficult to feel positive about Romain's acceptance of his mortality, because Ozon hasn't convinced us Romain was that alive to begin with." |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Timeline (2003) |
"I kept expecting someone to run into the Knights Who Say ‘Ni.’" |
Sean Means |
Splat 1.5/4 |
TMNT (2007) |
"Too bad some of the voice actors, like Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ziyi Zhang, couldn't be onscreen; a Crouching Tiger/Buffy showdown would be tastier than this bland Turtle soup." |
Sean Means |
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