Splat 2/4 |
Nacho Libre (2006) |
"An all-too typical example of a sophomore slump." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Nancy Drew (2007) |
"The tone is most similar to the "Scooby-Doo" films, which isn't a compliment." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
Nanny McPhee (2006) |
"What initially feels like a knockoff of "Mary Poppins" blossoms into something else entirely -- an assured, spunky story with such a resonant feel that it seems to have been pulled from an ancient fairy tale." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Napoleon Dynamite (2004) |
"It's more the fusion of forces by friends on the same askew wavelength who combine their skills into something greater than their sum." |
Phil Villarreal |
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Naqoyqatsi (2002) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Narc (2002) |
"Liotta put on 30 pounds for the role, and has completely transformed himself from his smooth, Goodfellas image." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/4 |
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) |
""Animal House" never settles for just funny. It always strives for double-secret funny." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2/4 |
National Lampoon's Blackball (2004) |
"Only occasionally does Blackball rise to the level of something that would stop you from flipping channels on TV." |
Phil Villarreal |
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National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) |
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National Security (2003) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
National Treasure (2004) |
"A radical adventure it is, with Nicolas Cage strapping on the hero boots to solve clues, dodge bullets and dangle off of underground wooden structures." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Nativity Story (2006) |
"The greatest story ever told has been made into one of the worst movies of the year." |
Phil Villarreal |
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Naturally Native (1998) |
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Splat 1/5 |
The Net (1995) |
"A lowly drama that wallows in overdrawn, unexciting metaphors." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Never Back Down (2008) |
"Seriously, when it comes to filling your soundtrack with whiny, alt-rock ballads, you should highly consider backing down." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
Never Die Alone (2004) |
"DMX unleashes the focused, angry dominator routine that has always served as the selling point for his music." |
Phil Villarreal |
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The Neverending Story (1984) |
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Splat 2/4 |
The New Guy (2002) |
"Shouldn't have been allowed to use the word "new" in its title, because there's not an original character, siuation or joke in the entire movie." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2.5/4 |
New in Town (2009) |
"It's a given dis one is more fer da ladies than da fellas, and some of da dialogue is pretnear hard da swallow." |
Phil Villarreal |
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The New World (2005) |
"Kilcher's new world" |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 1.5/4 |
New York Minute (2004) |
"Uncle Jesse and Joey must have been too busy to make appearances. Lucky them." |
Phil Villarreal |
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The Next Best Thing (2000) |
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Next Friday (1999) |
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Splat 2/4 |
Nicholas Nickleby (2002) |
"Whenever you think you've seen the end of the movie, we cut to a new scene, which also appears to be the end. But, no, we get another scene, and then another. You begin to long for the end credits as the desert does for rain." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 1/4 |
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) |
"Seems like it was made by a ghost alien from Triton, moon of Neptune." |
Phil Villarreal |
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Nico and Dani (2001) |
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Splat 2/4 |
Nicotina (2004) |
"Will have to settle for being known as the Mexican 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag." |
Phil Villarreal |
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A Night at the Roxbury (1998) |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
The Night Listener (2006) |
"80 percent a superb thriller, backloaded with 20 percent gotcha and goodbye. That's a scandalous way to treat a viewer." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Night Watch (2005) |
"The fast-paced film is a whole lot of Russian rushin.'" |
Phil Villarreal |
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) |
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Splat 2/4 |
Nights in Rodanthe (2008) |
"Whiffs on both sentiment and misery. It may be that there's no spark here because there's too much Sparks here." |
Phil Villarreal |
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Nights of Cabiria (1957) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Nine Queens (2002) |
"Argentine writer-director Fabian Bielinsky seems to be a criminal mastermind. Luckily for society, Bielinsky uses his powers for good." |
Phil Villarreal |
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The Ninth Gate (1999) |
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Tomato 4/4 |
No Country for Old Men (2007) |
"And boy howdy, does that dialogue howl like a basset hound pup who's just been yanked from his momma." |
Phil Villarreal |
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No Man's Land (2001) |
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Splat 2/4 |
No Reservations (2007) |
"A remake not only of Mostly Martha, but of every romantic comedy featuring an uptight woman who learns to cut loose and enjoy life with a freewheeling new beau." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
Nobody Knows (2005) |
"It's a depressing and long film, but also quietly inspirational." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2/4 |
Noel (2004) |
"A film about folks celebrating Christmas together is about as interesting and carries as much dramatic thrust as the 1989 Christmas reunion video immortalized on Uncle Fred's camcorder." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
North Country (2005) |
"Leave it to Theron and her impassioned, earthy performance to single-handedly carry the film from the realm of Lifetime network social propaganda to earnest drama." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
Northfork (2003) |
"This is the strongest, most cohesive film from the brothers Polish." |
Phil Villarreal |
- |
Not Another Teen Movie (2001) |
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Not One Less (1999) |
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Tomato 3/5 |
Not Without My Daughter (1991) |
"Surprisingly gripping, though somewhat xenophobic." |
Phil Villarreal |
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The Notebook (2004) |
"McAdams has a mean career" |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2/4 |
The Notebook (2004) |
"The movie's main problem is that it exerts so much effort coddling the pushovers, and does so little to make itself accessible to those with harder hearts." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Notes on a Scandal (2006) |
"A tense, penetrating drama that's a passageway into a brutal psychological struggle. The natural-sounding dialogue and screw-turning sideplots make supple fields for Dench and Blanchett to plow with their formidable talents." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) |
"There's nothing like a holiday film that gets you in the spirit of family reunions in all their disastrous glory." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/5 |
Nothing to Lose (1997) |
"A fantastic comedy. Lawrence and Robbins share an electric chemstry." |
Phil Villarreal |
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