Splat 1.5/4 |
Race to Witch Mountain (2009) |
"A flavorless sci-fi family picture that fools itself into thinking it is more grandiose than it is. Has all the thrills of a race between a slug and a hermit crab." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Rachel Getting Married (2008) |
"Wrenching and uncompromising, but not without an all-important glimmer of hope. Hathaway's performance is one that Oscar voters would be remiss to overlook." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Racing Stripes (2005) |
"Having seen it all before, and in a superior, more charming fashion, the most likely response from viewers will be lackadaisical indifference." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) |
"This low-rent, convoluted follow-up gives the great original a bad name." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Raise Your Voice (2004) |
"So pure at heart that, even with its over-the-top moments and cliches, one is willing to forgive the flaws and admire all that it achieves." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Raising Helen (2004) |
"An acrimoniously cookie-cutter affair without an honest bone in its body." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Rambo (2008) |
"Hollow, hopeless, horridly written and wholly unpleasant. One would be hard-pressed to imagine a conventional narrative being any thinner than the one in Rambo." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Random Hearts (1999) |
"Random Hearts has one half of terrific material, and then resorts to the ultimate betrayal: formulaic filmmaking." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Rat Race (2001) |
"Bar none, the funniest film of the summer." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Ratatouille (2007) |
"Pixar's weakest film in almost a decade." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ravenous (1999) |
"I found myself often shrinking down in my seat, afraid to see what was going to happen next, but not daring to take my eyes off the screen, either." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Ray (2004) |
"A disappointingly unoriginal and one-note biography of a man and his life that were anything but." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Reader (2008) |
"Tells an involving, touching and unusual story, and tells it well." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Ready to Rumble (2000) |
"Take Dumb & Dumber, add a wrestling angle to the storyline, and strip the proceedings of all signs of wit, interest, and laughs." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Real Cancun (2003) |
"May be more at home on a television screen once it goes to DVD, but it is admittedly a lot of fun all the same." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 0.5/4 |
The Reaping (2007) |
"Ungodly awful." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat .5/4 |
Rebound (2005) |
"The worst family feature so far this year...Rebound stinks like a rancid pair of sweaty old gym sneakers." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Recruit (2003) |
"Its intense storyline and engaging characters gradually manage to enthrall you up until the clumsily orchestrated climax." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Red Dragon (2002) |
"Satisfyingly wraps up the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, creating a whole that is, ultimately, far greater than some of its parts." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Red Eye (2005) |
"A relentless heaping of masterfully created full-throttle suspense in a thriller that is as time and story-efficient as it is good, old-fashioned fun." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Red Planet (2000) |
"One of the most involving and well-made space-set thrillers since Ridley Scott's 1979 opus, Alien." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Redacted (2007) |
"There is a place for staunchly political cinema like Redacted, just as there is a place for any genre or personal perspective. In this case, it is the crude treatment of the material that spells its undoing." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Reign of Fire (2002) |
"The premise of Reign of Fire is an exciting one that, ultimately, does not translate into an exciting film." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Reign Over Me (2007) |
"Sandler is uneven, but Reign Over Me is affecting in its own right." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1/4 |
Reindeer Games (2000) |
"A blatantly gimmicky action-thriller with the sole purpose of consistently fooling the audience." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Religulous (2008) |
"A facetious yet sincere documentary that makes the case for why all of the world's organized religions are not only, well, ridiculous, but also detrimental and downright dangerous." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Remember the Titans (2000) |
"A veritable winner." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Remembering the Cosmos Flower (1998) |
"Such a well-meaning drama that you almost feel guilty criticizing it." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Rendition (2007) |
"A stale, murky drama so oversimplified that its politics boil down to a single tidy, elementary-level message: torture is bad." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Reno 911!: Miami (2007) |
"Has its crude little charms, but for a movie based upon such a cutting and acerbic series there is no excuse for how forgettable it ultimately is." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Rent (2005) |
"An emotional, exhilarating experience, Rent is alive with such boundless energy and joy that it is one of the year's most purely entertaining cinematic efforts." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) |
"People may want to label this emotionally cold curiosity piece as a cult in the making, but such claims might be jumping the gun. The picture doesn't hold nearly enough charm for that." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Reservation Road (2007) |
"The film demands to be taken as a prestigious Oscar hopeful, but the material just doesn't have that level of potency; it's more akin to a slick but forgettable made-for-TV effort." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1/4 |
Resident Evil (2002) |
"As much as I enjoy the horror genre, Resident Evil simply doesn't cut it." |
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Splat 1/4 |
Resident Evil (2002) |
"Dumbed-down, lowest-common-denominator filmmaker with...no scares to be had." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1/4 |
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) |
"Creatively bankrupt trash made by a committee of hacks who don't know the first thing about generating suspense, frights, or cohesive storytelling." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) |
"The good news is that Resident Evil: Extinction is about twice as good as its predecessors. That's not saying much." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Return (2006) |
"Hopelessly convoluted and vague." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Return to Horror High (1987) |
"The premise is admittedly pretty crafty, but other than that two-minute distraction, Return to Horror High is certainly no great shake." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Return to Me (2000) |
"While Return to Me plays out, you are not bored, but you also are not as satisfied as you could be." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Revolutionary Road (2008) |
"Extremely well-acted and not without its effective interludes, Mendes' latest effort is done in by a final ten minutes that lessen the story's would-be impact with an overload of tacked-on contrivance." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) |
"Isn't as great a film as it aspires to be, but it is an entertaining one, and Drew Barrymore is a standout." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat .5/4 |
Righteous Kill (2008) |
"One of the most patently imbecilic thrillers to come down the pike in many a moon." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Ring (2002) |
"A merciless thriller, threateningly beautiful to look at and eerie to behold." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Ring Two (2005) |
"Moves fast and isn't without its freakish images—but it becomes obvious the film was rushed into production without much thought or faithfulness into the first picture's lore." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Ringer (2005) |
"When The Ringer was over, my world hadn't changed, but there was a smile that remained on my face." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Ringmaster (1998) |
"Didn't seem to add up to much when it was all over." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Road (2009) |
"The picture glimpses what it might really be like if the earth went to hell. As shattering as the sights are, turning away is out of the question." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 4/4 |
Road to Perdition (2002) |
"Has an underlyingly hopeful current running throughout, but at its soul is one of an impossible heartbreak that can never be fully mended." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Road Trip (2000) |
"Strictly a wild comedy, and it works surprisingly well, sure to attract wide audiences that break out from the teenage crowd." |
Dustin Putman |
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