Tomato 3/4
The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)
"The movie features a wide array of interview subjects - but, thankfully, the most passionate voice is Lennon's."
Sean Means
Splat 2/4
The Ugly Truth (2009)
"There's nothing wrong with the leads, Heigl and Butler, except that every scene they're in plays as if they met five seconds before Luketic yelled "Action!""
The Ultimate Gift (2007)
"The sap runs freely in this drama that aims to uplift its audiences with all the subtlety of a forklift."
Ultimate X: The Movie (2002)
"Little more than a super-sized infomercial for the cable-sports channel and its Summer X Games."
Tomato 3.5/4
Unaccompanied Minors (2006)
"A bouncy mix of slapstick humor, shrewd character details and a poignant take on bringing the Christmas spirit to frequent fliers and children of divorce."
Splat 1.5/4
Uncle Nino (2003)
"Such a hamfisted effort that the ostensibly comic moments aren't nearly as funny as the sappily earnest serious parts."
Undead (2005)
"Undead is the sort of movie that people in other horror movies are watching."
Under the Same Moon (2008)
"This kid is so plucky and cute and charming, it's impossible not to fall in love with him."
Splat 2.5/4
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
"Wells acknowledges that in adapting Mayes' memoir she jettisoned anything uncinematic ... and nailed up a popsicle-stick frame of a story that can't support the weight of the movie's "love is just around the corner" theme."
Splat 1/4
Underclassman (2005)
"It's not the frequency of action-buddy-cop movie clichés that kills Underclassman. It's the [filmmakers’] laziness ... and contempt."
Undercover Brother (2002)
"Inspired silliness."
Underdog (2007)
"Seeing realistic animals in feats of derring-do - or kicking each other around, action-movie style - is more disturbing than cute."
Undertow (2004)
"Undertow may throw off viewers expecting a more straightforward thriller. But hang with it, and enjoy the thrill of being drawn into these characters' lives."
Underworld (2003)
"[Beckinsale] looks like a 10-year-old girl going trick-or-treating as Trinity from The Matrix."
Unfaithful (2002)
"At about an hour in, Unfaithful stops being Lane's movie, and starts being Gere's -- and becomes a far less interesting movie."
An Unfinished Life (2005)
"Redford... is a comfortable fit for this setting. So is Freeman, even if he's relegated to his usual role as the wise voice in the ear of the grizzled white guy."
Tomato 4/4
United 93 (2006)
"The movie doesn't cop out into cheap melodrama, never turning the hijackers into cardboard villains and never glorifying one passenger or crew member over the others."
The United States of Leland (2004)
"Writer-director Matthew Ryan Hoge strands his cast... in a sea of emotional paralysis and Afterschool Special moralizing."
Unleashed (2005)
"Li shouldn't stop the acting lessons yet..., but his easy byplay with Freeman shows he is a quick study."
An Unreasonable Man (2007)
"The filmmakers present compelling evidence of Nader's legacy ... but they also let Nader off the hook [for his role in allowing] the Bush administration's dismantling of that very legacy."
Until the End of the World (1991)
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Untold Scandal (2003)
"Among the many movie versions of this tale, Untold Scandal is one of the most visually arresting."
Up (2009)
"Up, like all Pixar films, has a story to match the quality of the visuals."
Up and Down (2005)
"[A] fascinating but disjointed portrait of strained family relations in the modern Czech Republic."
Up for Grabs (2005)
"A wry and humorous documentary with fascinating (if not entirely likable) characters and a subtle moral about what happens when money makes grown-ups act like children."
Up The Yangtze (2007)
"Chang's fluid camera captures the river's vanishing beauty, as well as the dichotomy between Yu Shui's rural poverty and Chen Bo Yu's urban lifestyle."
The Upside of Anger (2005)
"Allen breathes fire into the role, turning what could have been a shrill character into a tower of raging rediscovery."
Uptown Girls (2003)
"The turn from frothy comedy to offputting pathos would be a jarring tone shift, if the movie had any consistent tone at the outset."
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