Splat 2/4 |
W. (2008) |
"The good news is that W. isn't bad at all. In fact, it is a decidedly evenhanded depiction of the President. The problem, then, is that it is rushed, choppy and lacks an ending." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Wackness (2008) |
"The story itself isn't a complex one, but the characters are, and the journey they endeavor upon from the month of June to the dog days of August is one that is emotionally satisfying, easily relatable and well worth taking." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Waiting... (2005) |
"Sharp-witted and fairly consistently hilarious, rustling up some affectionate, but mostly disturbing, flashbacks to my own restaurant days." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Waitress (2007) |
"Genial and appealing...Keri Russell essays a heroine that is worth rooting for and caring about." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Waking Life (2001) |
"Forces a non-stop barrage of pseudo-deep theories and questions on the viewer that, more often than not, resemble a bunch of psycho-babbly hooey." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) |
"A bawdy, rib-tickling, anything-goes spoof of such recent music biopics as Ray and Walk the Line, and here's the kicker--it's actually a better movie than both of those." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
A Walk On the Moon (1998) |
"Unmistakably feels like a rough cut of a possibly good movie." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Walk the Line (2005) |
"The powerhouse performances from Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon sell even the mustier of moments." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
A Walk to Remember (2002) |
"Far from perfect, but its heart is in the right place...innocent and well-meaning." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1/4 |
Walking Tall (2004) |
"Meanspirited, empty, pointless, and absurdly condescending." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
WALL-E (2008) |
"An original, mature and borderline-artsy family film that makes a name for itself. Like the rest of Pixar's titles, it is destined to endure for years to come." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1/4 |
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) |
"There seems to be a fairly rabid cult following for the quirky claymation characters of Wallace and Gromit, but count me out. This is a chaotic mess of a film." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Wanted (2008) |
"Alive with stylistic innovation and impressively clean storytelling. The experience is close to exhilarating." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
War (2007) |
"War is largely a yawner." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
War of the Worlds (2005) |
"Overlooking a disappointing conclusion, War of the Worlds is a marvelous entertainment of imagination, edge-of-your-seat suspense, and surprising thoughtfulness." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 0/4 |
The Wash (2001) |
"A depressing, stereotypical affair that can be thanked by the African American community for portraying their race as lazy, drug-addicted, and whorish." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Watcher (2000) |
"Comes this close to overcoming its problems and succeeding as a thriller, but doesn't quite make it." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Watchmen (2009) |
"About as uneven as a movie can get, singular moments of dizzying brilliance arriving amidst an unfocused, lugubrious narrative and pacing that would make a turtle's crawl appear speedy. A visionary motion picture more ambitious than successful." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Waterboy (1998) |
"The type of film that must have been made for 8-year-olds." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
We Are Marshall (2006) |
"Syrupy, vapid, unfocused." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) |
"A highly charged, poignant study of the imperfections within human nature and the frailty of otherwise powerful love relationships." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
We Own The Night (2007) |
"Taut, intelligent and confidently unpretentious about what it sets out to, and does, achieve within the crime-thriller mold." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
We Were Soldiers (2002) |
"As far as war movies go, this is the best studio effort since Terrence Malick's brilliant 1998 picture, The Thin Red Line ." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Weather Man (2005) |
"Superbly mixes darkness with effortless comedy without ever becoming overly depressing or silly." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1/4 |
Wedding Crashers (2005) |
"Headed straight for divorce court." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Wedding Date (2005) |
"Elicits a handful of smiles but not many laughs as it approaches a finale that comes as a foregone conclusion." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Wedding Planner (2001) |
"A distressingly lifeless romantic comedy." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) |
"Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is a happy surprise of a movie, a heartfelt comedy that probably shouldn't work, but does. (Would it have hurt to add a comma to the title?)" |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Welcome to Mooseport (2004) |
"It doesn't have that extra spark required to make it anything but instantly forgettable." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Wendy and Lucy (2008) |
"Keenly observational and quietly poignant, Wendy and Lucy is a personalized hymn to economic strife and the sort of everyday financial demands that keep one from getting the leg-up they need." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
What a Girl Wants (2003) |
"As fluffy and innocuous as the first two acts are, the overlong and schmaltzy last thirty minutes become an endurance test." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
What Happens in Vegas (2008) |
"So moronic it almost makes the recent mediocre Made of Honor seem sophisticated by comparison." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
What Lies Beneath (2000) |
"So very good in so many scenes that it almost makes you angry the movie is hampered by an uneven, flawed screenplay." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
What Planet Are You From? (2000) |
"Will delight adult viewers who are in the mood for a feel-good comedy that turns out to not only be about the punchline of jokes, but also takes its characters and their situations seriously." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
What Women Want (2000) |
"A film with a truly fascinating and clever premise that nevertheless collapses under the weight of everything that surrounds the central storyline." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
What's The Worst That Could Happen? (2001) |
"What's the worst that could happen, you say? Well, for starters, getting locked in a theater showing this movie on a continuous, 24-hour loop." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Whatever It Takes (2000) |
"Whatever It Takes is light, fluffy, fast-paced, and through the sludge of overdone ideas are a couple original moments." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Whatever Works (2009) |
"Minor, to be sure, but Woody Allen's most unabashedly sunny movie in years." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
When a Stranger Calls (2006) |
"Stylistically and technically, the film is top-notch." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
When the Party's Over (1991) |
"A serious-minded motion picture on the trials, tribulations, and (good and bad) experiences of young adults, is not to be missed." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Where the Heart Is (2000) |
"Episodic, uneven screenplay." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 4/4 |
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) |
"Bold and cinematic, at once wondrously epic yet achingly intimate and honest. Touting it as this century's answer to 1939's The Wizard of Oz would not be flagrant hyperbole." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Whip It (2009) |
"Never less than sheer fun, Whip It enlivens Bliss' touching journey and makes roller derby seem so much cooler than boring old football or basketball." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Whipped (2000) |
"Fails miserably at every turn." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
White Chicks (2004) |
"Yes, there are some big—even giant—laugh-inducing moments, but this is one ribald cinematic effort that could have used another extensive rewrite." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat .5/4 |
White Noise (2005) |
"An utterly abysmal wannabe-horror film. Never even remotely frightening—the trailer is worlds above this lame finished product in terms of a visceral response." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
White Oleander (2002) |
"Exemplary performances across the board...Poignant without turning into a sapfest, and subtle when it could have more easily been overwrought." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Whiteout (2009) |
"When serious moments are accompanied again and again by collective widespread laughter from an otherwise well-behaved audience, it is a tell-tale sign that something has gone very wrong in translation from page to screen." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Whole Nine Yards (2000) |
"Rests solely on the presumed charm of the cast, and half of the actors are not charming at all. Now, what does that tell you?" |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 0/4 |
The Whole Ten Yards (2004) |
"One of the most embarrassingly unfunny comedies to crawl down the pike in some time." |
Dustin Putman |
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