Tomato 4/4 |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"Filled with endless imagination and wonder...sure to go down, in time, as one of the brilliant achievements in modern moviemaking." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
About a Boy (2002) |
"A comical, heartfelt gem that sidesteps an easy maudlin tone for something more grounded in reality." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"That a film such as About Schmidt can be so dark and yet so funny, so poignant and yet so uplifting, is something of a miracle." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 4/4 |
Adaptation (2002) |
"Endlessly enlightening, always fascinating, and nothing short of miraculous, to see Adaptation is to live, see, breathe, and feel in an entirely different way than any other motion picture released this year has offered." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Adventureland (2009) |
"As a universal tale of the post-adolescent experience, Adventureland is knowledgeable and wise, virtually every bone in its body an honest one." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 4/4 |
Affliction (1997) |
"Such an angry and bitter motion picture that you can almost physically feel the emotional coldness that is brewing under the surface." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"A winning and suitably uplifting way to spend a couple hours." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alfie (2004) |
"A gratifying early surprise of the autumn movie season, an intelligent and wise film that finds vast entertainment value in one man's own existential crises." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2009) |
"One of the more memorable teen-oriented horror movies of the last few years. As much a comment on the objectification of women as it is a grimy, violent, enthralling slasher pic." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Almost Famous (2000) |
"Perfectly cast from top to bottom, with many fine performances shining through." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Along Came a Spider (2001) |
"Not completely agreeable, but nonetheless, it manages to somehow remain a strong entertainment." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Amelia (2009) |
"Overly glorifies its human subject, cautious to get its hands dirty and dig beneath the surface of Earhart's public life. And yet, even so, Hilary Swank is a joy to watch." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 4/4 |
American Beauty (1999) |
"American Beauty is a devastating motion picture of unconceivable power." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Pie (1999) |
"The biggest laugh I've had at the movies all year." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Pie 2 (2001) |
"When it comes to sheer, unadulterated laughs, one couldn't hope for much better...Alyson Hannigan is absolutely charming." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
American Teen (2008) |
"If American Teen isn't a particularly deep documentary, it is an entertaining one." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
An Education (2009) |
"A resonant coming-of-age story, at once tough and delicate, that signifies how much times have changed in the proceeding fifty years, and, in other ways, how much they have stayed the same." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
"One of the most entertaining motion pictures of the year, The Phantom of the Opera is a cinematic gift for the ages that finds profundity in its thematic innocence." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Angel Eyes (2001) |
"An intelligent, impassioned adult romance that has a lot to say, and doesn't feel the need to let a rock soundtrack full of love ballads explain it." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Annapolis (2006) |
"Stacked with unoriginal plot elements hot off the assembly line, yet still manages to present said story with conviction, tough rings of truth, and a rooting attentiveness." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Anniversary Party (2001) |
"A striking triumph!" |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Another Gay Sequel (2008) |
"A more slapdash affair than its predecessor, but writer-director Todd Stephens has retained enough sunshine, sweetness, and bravely go-for-broke showmanship to keep things moving at an amiable pace." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Antichrist (2009) |
"A fairy tale gone fatalistically wrong, the stark opposite of happily ever after. Impresses with its sheer dauntless, sobering nerve." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Antwone Fisher (2002) |
"A nicely-drawn, humanistic character study and a genuinely romantic romance." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Anywhere But Here (1999) |
"An exceptional motion picture. A true-to-life examination of the bond between a mother and a daughter, and has universal appeal for anyone who has ever had a parent." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
April Fool's Day (1986) |
"Even today, it holds up as a spooky, flirty entertainment, doing justice to the folly and mirth of its namesake holiday." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Aquamarine (2006) |
"Gentle-hearted and surprisingly sweet." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"The most in-depth study of a single joke that has likely ever been attempted on film." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Arlington Road (1999) |
"A pulse-pounding paranoia thriller." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
"One of the most cinematically assured works of the year. Blows most tried-and-true westerns out of the water." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) |
"Graphically violent and merciless...refreshingly unpretentious in its goal to entertain and put a jolt in any non-squeamish viewer sick to death of cookie-cutter genre movies." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
At First Sight (1998) |
"Since January is usually the time of year that is known as the dumping ground from bad movies, At First Sight comes as a refreshing and sophisticated change of pace." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3/4 |
Aurora Borealis (2006) |
"Has a relaxed and understated tone that blindsides the viewer at key moments with its dramatic potency." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
The Aviator (2004) |
"A solid, albeit flawed, effort. Stellar work by Leonardo DiCaprio, but Cate Blanchett's masterful, Oscar-worthy performance steals the film." |
Dustin Putman |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Away We Go (2009) |
"A road movie made up of what feels like a half-dozen exquisitely realized short films, Away We Go sends the viewer out smiling." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"So preachy in its anti-drug stance that it might as well have had the financial support of D.A.R.E. during its production." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1/4 |
Abandon (2002) |
"The premise of "Abandon" holds promise,... but its delivery is a complete mess." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Accepted (2006) |
"A vanilla version of a raunchy romp just a few 's'-words away from Disneyfication." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"An ambitious failure, but a failure nonetheless. For a film celebrating life and love, Across the Universe ironically and unforgivably leaves the viewer feeling cold." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) |
"When all is said and done, [it] could have afforded another rewrite and a willingness to avoid pandering to the MPAA ratings board." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 0/4 |
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) |
"If there really was a merciful God, the film negatives would have been burnt to a crisp in a freak accident. No such luck." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
"Has a rushed, thrown-together feel to it made all the more glaring by cheesy 3-D that is ugly and doesn't work in any way, shape or form." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Aeon Flux (2005) |
"The waste of talent and money thrown into this cheesy, haphazard production should be a criminal offense the world over." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 1.5/4 |
After the Sunset (2004) |
"A long slog through a pretty sea of thankless twaddle." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Against the Ropes (2003) |
"A soft, undernourished biography that plays things too safe." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Agent Cody Banks (2003) |
"A wasteful, if painless, diversion." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat .5/4 |
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004) |
"A junky, creatively bankrupt rush job of a sequel that has no connection to the original outside of the title character." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
The Alamo (2004) |
"Truth be told, for most of its running time The Alamo plays like a vague, badly written history lesson aimed at grade schoolers." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 2/4 |
Alex and Emma (2003) |
"The scenes between Alex and Emma offer a handful of nice laughs and winning moments, but because the majority of them are set within a dank-looking Boston loft, they feel more suited for an off-Broadway stage." |
Dustin Putman |
Splat 0/4 |
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
"Boring, empty, anticlimactic, uninspired and bankrupt of humanity." |
Dustin Putman |
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