Tomato 3/4 |
W. (2008) |
"I was hoping for a Young Mr. W. treatment." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/4 |
Waiting... (2005) |
"Ryan Reynolds is one of the funniest men alive." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Waitress (2007) |
"Writer/director Adrienne Shelly's "Waitress" serves up a slice of movietime heaven." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/4 |
Waking Life (2001) |
"The question comes up often in life: What's your favorite movie? Since October 2001, the answer has been easy and one I shoot back reflexively almost before someone's finished the question: "Waking Life."" |
Phil Villarreal |
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Waking Ned Devine (1998) |
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Waking Up in Reno (2002) |
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Tomato 4/4 |
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) |
"Rolls out a procession of one-liners, toe-tappingly hilarious songs, stunning sight gags and dead-on parodies, all with tear-inducing humor, providing an easy ride to comic bliss." |
Phil Villarreal |
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A Walk On the Moon (1998) |
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Tomato 3.5/4 |
Walk on Water (2005) |
"Most definitely, there's something happening here." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
Walk the Line (2005) |
"Pardon Johnny when he utters an all-too-telling line late in the film: "Ray is my daddy."" |
Phil Villarreal |
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A Walk to Remember (2002) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Walking Tall (2004) |
"The Rock is walking tall as a premier action star.
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Phil Villarreal |
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Walking Tall (2004) |
"The Rock walks tall" |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/4 |
Wall Street (1987) |
"If it's possible to have dialogue that's too stunning for the film's own good, that's the case with "Wall Street."" |
Phil Villarreal |
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WALL-E (2008) |
"No matter how right the messages are, the flat delivery doesn't serve them well." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2.5/4 |
WALL-E (2008) |
"The film poses as thinking-fans animation, but there's little room for wonder or interpretation in the on-the-nose presentation." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) |
"The subject matter strains under the weight of a full-length film, even one that runs only 84 minutes. Much of the running time feels padded out." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/4 |
Wanted (2008) |
"Distorts your view of reality, ripping up the screen with a distinctive style that bends time, scale and motion at its whim." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
War of the Worlds (2005) |
"The first two acts are overpowering specimens of effects-amped, screen-incinerating hysteria." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
The War Tapes (2006) |
"The scenes could be straight out of "The Deer Hunter." What's sobering is that there's nothing fictional or even exaggerated about "The War Tapes." And this likely won't be the last documentary we see about lives changed by the conflict." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
The War Within (2005) |
"You glance at Hassan with sympathy, which is immediately neutralized by the assurance that this man would kill you without a thought in the name of his god. You pray to yours that he'll change his mind." |
Phil Villarreal |
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The War Zone (1999) |
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The Wash (2001) |
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The Watcher (2000) |
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Tomato 3/4 |
Watchmen (2009) |
"Tends to play like the SportsCenter version of the big game. It's got all the highlights but little of the tension and atmosphere that give those moments impact." |
Phil Villarreal |
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The Waterboy (1998) |
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Tomato 4/4 |
Watership Down (1978) |
"Cuts so deep on so many ethereal levels that you can flip to nearly any page in the history book and see a parallel." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Way Home (2002) |
"Has the rare capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke." |
Phil Villarreal |
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The Way of the Gun (2000) |
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Wayne's World (1992) |
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Tomato 4/5 |
Wayne's World (1992) |
"Myers and Carvey cut it up on the rare Saturday Night Live skit that shines on the silver screen." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
We Are Marshall (2006) |
"More than a simple football movie, the theme is not about winning or losing, but finding the strength to move on in spite of tragedy." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) |
"Painstakingly crafted to terrify the audience about love, lust, the inability to tell one for the other and the way each is capable of destroying the other." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/4 |
We Were Soldiers (2002) |
"A must-see for fans of thoughtful war films and those interested in the sights and sounds of battle." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3/5 |
We're No Angels (1989) |
"Falls short of its potential, but a fun lark nonetheless." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Weather Man (2005) |
"The man who has everything actually has nothing, and Dave's efforts to filter out his life for something solid and tangible make for an endearing and funny trip." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/4 |
Wedding Crashers (2005) |
"With Vaughn, sexism, piggishness and chauvinistic jackassery are high art. To watch him in action is to observe Olivier reciting Shakespeare." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Wedding Date (2005) |
"Yearn, dammit! the movie screams at you, as you turn your eyes to the wristwatch and lament that, like Kat, you've just wasted your money." |
Phil Villarreal |
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The Wedding Planner (2001) |
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Tomato 5/5 |
The Wedding Singer (1998) |
"Sandler proves here that he's not only a brilliant comedian, but a talented actor." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Weight of Water (2002) |
"The superior plotline isn't quite enough to drag along the dead (water) weight of the other." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Wendy and Lucy (2008) |
"Here's one movie that will make you want to go home and hug your dog." |
Phil Villarreal |
Tomato 4/4 |
Were the World Mine (2008) |
"All teen comedies would be this divine were the world Gustafson's." |
Phil Villarreal |
Splat 2/5 |
West Side Story (1961) |
"A tough, dated sit-thru. At least much of the music still sings." |
Phil Villarreal |
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Western (1997) |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
Whale Rider (2003) |
"It's best that we don't consider what might become of Pai if this poor, unloved girl didn't happen to be the chosen one." |
Phil Villarreal |
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What a Girl Wants (2003) |
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Tomato 4/5 |
What About Bob? (1991) |
"Billy Murray gives an inspired performance. This is a comedy that often makes you simultaneously laugh and wince." |
Phil Villarreal |
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What Dreams May Come (1998) |
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Splat 2.5/4 |
What Happens in Vegas (2008) |
"Both Kutcher and Diaz are in full-on desperation mode, straining in each scene to prove they can still be relevant, showing flashes of the charm that made them famous in the first place." |
Phil Villarreal |