Tomato A |
F For Fake (1976) |
"After seeing this elusive film, I wonder how many pictures of the great artists in the museums are
really by them and not by some forger." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C+ |
F.W. Murnau's Phantom (1922) |
"It's dreadfully slow-paced, overwrought and dated." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C |
Face (1997) |
"... has a raw look but little else to recommend it." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B+ |
The Face Behind the Mask (1941) |
"The film is a horror story in that it offers a vision of the American Dream turning ugly and wrong." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
A Face in the Crowd (1957) |
"It's a biting 'rise and fall' satire, sending out a warning to watch out for legends created on the boob tube." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B- |
Faces (1968) |
"Drags its realism along like an overblown drunk tooting his own horn." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C+ |
Facing Windows (2003) |
"Its easily digestible lessons on life failed to stimulate my more hard-edged appetite." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B+ |
Factotum (2006) |
"It's not a great film but it might seem great because it does justice to the life force of an exceptional man who had something to say about not being mediocre." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B- |
The Facts of Life (1960) |
"A mild satire on an adulterous affair between bored suburbanites." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C |
The Faculty (1999) |
"All the students were stereotypes." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
Fahrenheit 451 (1966) |
"This is the kind of film that should encourage the perceptive viewer to rush out to the library to
read someone like Herman Melville before it's too late." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato A |
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) |
"My only hope is that Moore's stated aim for the film to help defeat Bush in November is fulfilled." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B+ |
Fail-Safe (1964) |
"Tense, chilling and earnest Cold War political thriller." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B- |
The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943) |
"This seventh film in the Falcon series is a very enjoyable programmer." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C+ |
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) |
"Though Penn and Hutton perform admirably, the film fails to be interesting." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C+ |
The Falcon Strikes Back (1943) |
"This is one of the better Falcon crime dramas in the series, which might not be saying much." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C+ |
Falcon's Adventure (1946) |
"Lively but routine detective story in the long running Falcon series." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C |
The Falcon's Brother (1942) |
"If you've seen one Falcon episode, then you might as well have said you've seen them all." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B- |
Fall Guy (1947) |
"A minor B-film, but it had some zip." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960) |
"It's one of the better Poe versions made by Corman, if not his best." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) |
"An above average epic." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C+ |
Fall Time (1993) |
"A direct-to-cable indie bank heist drama starring Micky Rourke, in a tailor-made role as the kind of sleaze that's both menacing and hilarious." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C |
Fallen (1998) |
"Denzel's noir-like voiceover seemed like an imitation of how a real noir film does a
voiceover." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
Fallen Angel (1945) |
"A follow-up film noir to the highly successful Laura." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato A- |
Fallen Angels (Hong Kong) (1996) |
"A brilliantly innovative filmmaker who gets his feelings across through the cheeky and sometimes surreal visuals and his cool style of filmmaking." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B- |
The Fallen Sparrow (1943) |
"If the plot wasn't so vague, this could have been a lot better psychological thriller." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C- |
The Falling (2006) |
"The kind of weird religious pic that might appeal to those on angel dust." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato A |
Falling Leaves (1966) |
"The quiet film offers keen observations about workers, romance and bureaucracy." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato A- |
The Falls (1980) |
"The film is deranged and hypnotic." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C+ |
False Colors (1939) |
"One of the better versions in the Hopalong Cassidy series (the 49th installment), but still
awkwardly accomplished." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
Familia (2005) |
"Tackles some heavy domestic issues for a sitcom film and does so incisively and intelligently." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C+ |
The Family Jewels (1965) |
"Since I find one Jerry Lewis too much, seven of them was way too much for me to handle." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato C + |
Family Life (1971) |
"The dramatic question here becomes how do you honor a father who won't let you love him!" |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
Family Life (1971) |
"Has something urgent to say." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
Family Nest (1979) |
"It shows the talented Tarr at his greenest, much before his later skills were more fully developed." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C |
The Family Stone (2005) |
"One of those cloying familiar whacky holiday formulaic sitcom drama/comedies that is what it is." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B+ |
Family Viewing (1989) |
"Not meant for family viewing as the title might indicate." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato A |
Fanny and Alexander (1982) |
"Immensely pleasurable." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B+ |
Fantasia (1940) |
"It serves as an ambitious experimental attempt to popularize classical music." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C- |
Fantastic Four (2005) |
"Far less than fantastic." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato C + |
Fantastic Voyage (1966) |
""Fantastic Voyage is an absurd but entertaining trip into inner space."" |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B- |
The Fantasticks (1995) |
"It's a trifle, but was pleasantly presented and I found it to be an adequate though not a scintillating production." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B+ |
The Far Country (1955) |
"It stars Mann's favorite Western leading man James Stewart in an anti-hero role." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato A- |
Far From Heaven (2002) |
"The film can be regaled alone just for its magnificently rich color tones." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C+ |
Far From Poland (1984) |
"Dry but informative political documentary about Poland's Solidarity movement in the early 1980s." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat C |
The Far Horizons (1955) |
"An inaccurate and dull telling of the historic Lewis and Clark Expedition that followed President Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase in 1803." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Splat D |
Faraon (1966) |
"An uninspiring tale." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B |
The Farewell (2002) |
"A well-acted and quiet character study of Brecht that clearly shows why the author was so tired
during his last days, but tells little of his art or politics." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B- |
Farewell My Concubine (1993) |
"Well-acted but limited because its drama is emotionally uninvolving." |
Dennis Schwartz |
Tomato B- |
Farewell My Lovely (1975) |
"The film's success lies in Mitchum's hard-boiled portrayal of Marlowe." |
Dennis Schwartz |
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