Tomato 3/4 |
Nacho Libre (2006) |
"Tightly paced, fast as a whip and addictively entertaining." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Nancy Drew (2007) |
"The sleuthing is where the fun is at, and Nancy Drew is enjoyable enough for one to hope there are more onscreen mysteries for her to solve in the near future." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Nanny Diaries (2007) |
"Acerbic and cutthroat in all the right places, along with truthful, savvy, and consistently entertaining." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Nanny McPhee (2006) |
"Occasionally sparkles with a promise of becoming something more than it ever really is." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Napoleon Dynamite (2004) |
"A quirky, one-of-a-kind comedic gem. Even when you aren't laughing out loud, you won't be able to stop from smiling." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 4/4 |
Nashville (1975) |
"This film is like no other I have ever seen for one major reason: it plays exactly, and I mean exactly like real life." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat .5/4 |
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (2004) |
"A crass, hateful product of loathsome characters and an even uglier story. It's shocking that such a cesspool of nothingness has found its way into theaters at all." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) |
"National Lampoon's Van Wilder may aim to be the next Animal House, but it more closely resembles this year's version of Tomcats." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1/4 |
National Security (2003) |
"Has a none-too-subtle racist agenda that is thoroughly unfunny and repellent." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
National Treasure (2004) |
"This is one screenplay that would have excelled had all the dialogue been excised or retooled." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets (2007) |
"National Treasure: Book of Secrets has the same director as National Treasure, the same writers, and nearly all of the same lead actors. This is no surprise, since it is basically the same movie." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Native Son (1950) |
"A mediocre 'man-on-the-run' crime drama without any twists or likable three-dimensional characters to keep your interest." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Nativity Story (2006) |
"Perhaps a special appearance from Old St. Nick might not have been such a bad idea." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 0/4 |
Nekromantik |
"The film, if you can call it that, actually goes beyond the state of bad taste into a shameful, meaningless, extreme realm all its own." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Never Back Down (2008) |
"Is Never Back Down so bad it's good, or just plain bad? Really, it's a little bit of both." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Never Been Kissed (1999) |
"Weak and sloppily-written." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The New Guy (2002) |
"The type of dumbed-down exercise in stereotypes that gives the [teen comedy] genre a bad name." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
New in Town (2009) |
"The culprits are the stereotypical screenplay and the hacksaw editing. It's pretty clear that a whole lot of material is currently gathering dust on the cutting-room floor." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
New York Minute (2004) |
"A terminally lame teen comedy with a grade-school mentality." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Next (2007) |
"Slickly produced but much ado about nothing, Next keeps one's interest, only to laugh in your face for caring." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Next Best Thing (2000) |
"A depressing, lugubrious film experience." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat .5/4 |
Next Day Air (2009) |
"Reprehensible trash that has no business showing up on a theatrical marquee. With no one to care about, nothing to learn, and no place to go, the miserable plot just sits there and rots." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 0/4 |
Next Friday (1999) |
"A heaping piece of rancid garbage." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) |
"Like a movie that '80s-era John Hughes never made, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist is candid, thoughtful, touching and hugely entertaining." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Night at the Museum (2006) |
"Night at the Museum isn't an utter disaster but it is a dreary special effects-laden fantasy adventure with zero thrills and only intermittent heart." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) |
"Amy Adams, spunky and incandescent as Amelia Earhart, is so fun to watch that she almost makes up for the dopeyness surrounding her." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Night Listener (2006) |
"A quiet, measured and resolutely unnerving mystery, The Night Listener is one of the year's most assuredly intelligent releases." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Night of the Demons (1989) |
"Practically dripping with the blood, sweat and tears of those who set out to make a genuinely good party movie" |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Nightmare Man (2007) |
"Rough around the edges, but it is also frequently funny in its adherence to clichés and does boast an energetic tone." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) |
"Terrifically spooky and original, the film continues to feel completely modern despite being almost a quarter-century old." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - Freddy's Revenge (1985) |
"As is the prevalent case with most sequels, the film is inferior to its predecessor. It is still very, very good, however, more so than most viewers give it credit for." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - Dream Warriors (1987) |
"The burn-faced night stalker simply doesn't make the impression here as he did in the former two installments" |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 - The Dream Master (1988) |
"Not counting 1994's Wes Craven's New Nightmare, it's superior to all the other later sequels in the series." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5 - The Dream Child (1989) |
"Freddy Krueger is now a full-blown cartoonish caricature of his initially dread-induced former self." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Nights in Rodanthe (2008) |
"One of this year's most stirring romances, adroitly manipulative, yes, but never condescending." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Nim's Island (2008) |
"Despite its heart being in the right place, Nim's Island is a strikingly far-fetched and cloying picture that tries way too hard to be alternately juvenile and bittersweet." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1/4 |
Ninja Assassin (2009) |
"Nearly incomprehensible, the picture devolves quickly into an array of shaky cam, epilepsy-inducing editing, and blatantly fake CGI bloodshed the color of red paint." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Ninth Gate (1999) |
"Wants to be a horror movie, and Polanski apparently is attempting to recapture the acclaim he received from Rosemary's Baby but he has no such luck." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 4/4 |
No Country for Old Men (2007) |
"A masterpiece of a thriller, as merciless as a livestock stun gun to the head, as sharp as a razor blade, and as confidently written as any genre classic one can think of (take your pick)." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
No Reservations (2007) |
"Might have been worth recommending had the film cut to end credits during a key sequence set to Liz Phair's "Count on My Love." Unfortunately, director Scott Hicks trudges forward with plotting that gets dumber by the minute." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Nobody (1999) |
"Moving at a brisk pace and highly entertaining for the genre, Nobody ultimately falls apart in its last five seconds." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Norbit (2007) |
"Murphy may be at the top of his game, but Norbit is stuck on autopilot." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
North Country (2005) |
"A realistic, emotionally resonant film made for grown-up audiences in a time when most theatrical releases are aimed at the teen demographic." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Nosferatu (1922) |
"A landmark motion picture." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Nosferatu: The Vampyre (1979) |
"A serious-minded, true-in-spirit redux." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Not Another Teen Movie (2001) |
"How do you take jabs at things that were supposed to be comical in nature to begin with? Not Another Teen Movie never quite figures out the answer to this." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Not Easily Broken (2009) |
"For once, the following can be declared: the film is better than its trailer." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Notebook (2004) |
"Real-life love stories rarely work out quite so faultlessly, but for two hours it's nice to believe that they could." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Notes on a Scandal (2006) |
"Just to see Cate Blanchett bitchslap Judi Dench is worth the price of admission." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) |
"Nothing Like the Holidays is more dramatic than rompish, and lacks the seasonal spirit and musical chestnuts one expects from this kind of film. At least there's snow and ice." |
Dustin Putman |
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