Tomato |
Hairspray (2007) |
"Poptastic!" |
Sukhdev Sandhu |
Tomato |
Half Nelson (2006) |
"It's impressively adult, sure-footed filmmaking, and that Best Actor nod was definitely deserved." |
Tim Robey |
Splat |
Hancock (2008) |
"Between the jittery pseudo-realism of Peter Berg's direction and the maudlin undercurrent to its hero's redemption, all Hancock can summon up is the faintest sensation of nausea." |
Mike McCahill |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Hangover (2009) |
"The Hangover serves up a steady stream of big, dumb laughs, but you may feel a gnawing sense of guilt right afterwards." |
Tim Robey |
Splat 2/5 |
Hannah Montana The Movie (2009) |
"Blackpool’s own Peter Chelsom gets stuck in behind the camera – or should that be stuck? At least this follow-your-heart pap throws out the odd stray zinger: “Fabulous news – Beyoncé has double pneumonia!”" |
Tim Robey |
Splat |
Hannibal Rising (2007) |
"This mechanical cash-in fails to explain how the young Hannibal Lecter became the monster we know." |
Tim Robey |
Splat 2/5 |
Harry Brown (2009) |
"Daniel Barber’s luridly brutal debut goes quickly way over the top." |
Tim Robey |
Tomato |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) |
"Gives Columbus the chance to indulge himself with fascinatingly realistic special effects and riveting action sequences." |
John Hiscock |
Tomato 3/5 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) |
"David Yates feels a safer pair of hands than ever, underlining the Potter world's essential Englishness in a string of atmospheric locations." |
Mike McCahill |
Tomato 3/5 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) |
"For fans both of the films and the books, this is an elegant addition to the canon." |
Sarah Crompton |
Tomato |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |
"To dwell on a few weaknesses would be to neglect the obvious point - that Harry Potter is older, bigger and darker than ever. And no one would want to miss his journey." |
Charles Frederick |
Splat |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |
"Characters are given less room than usual to grow and shine, and despite its relatively short running time, the film occasionally goes through the motions of telling a story rather than actually doing so." |
Sarah Crompton |
Tomato |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
"This is the best Harry Potter film to date." |
David Gritten |
Tomato |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) |
"Brilliant, but scary." |
John Hiscock |
Tomato |
Hatchet (2007) |
"Fun horror-comedy about tourists being picked off in the swamps. Tongues are firmly in cheeks; heads don't stay long on shoulders." |
Tim Robey |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) |
"Haunted-house movies would be nothing without the odd frisson of scepticism. This is the best in quite a while." |
Tim Robey |
Splat |
The Heartbreak Kid (2007) |
"Stiller's timing rescues the first half, but his character is so dislikeable that the movie has nothing left going for it when the punchlines dry up, except for some smirking cynicism about relationships." |
Tim Robey |
Tomato |
Heavy Load (2008) |
"This is intriguing, though it gives Rothwell another excuse to appear on camera, which he does with irritating frequency." |
David Gritten |
Tomato |
Heavy Metal In Baghdad (2008) |
"Though they struggle to build a fan base, and end up seeking refuge in Syria, their dreams persist, still blazing fiercely at the close of this chastening and inspiring film." |
Sukhdev Sandhu |
Tomato |
Heima: A Film by Sigur Ros (2007) |
"The elegantly composed shots of the island's broodingly lonesome wide spaces offer clues as to the group's widescreen post-rock sound. Indeed, their music comes to seem site-specific, as environmentally immersed as the landscape art of Richard Long." |
Sukhdev Sandhu |
Tomato 3/5 |
Heimatklänge |
"Some genuinely affecting moments punctuate their accounts, but overall this amiable documentary is as mad as a sackful of whippets." |
David Gritten |
Tomato 3/5 |
Helen (2008) |
"Molloy and Lawlor’s film, arrestingly well-composed and sound-designed, has a woozy suggestiveness that’s nothing if not promising." |
Tim Robey |
Tomato |
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) |
"As a result, the impression is one of richly ingenious chaos that, despite all the hellfires burning, left me just a little cold." |
Jenny McCartney |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Hide (2009) |
"It's a good deal too stagey to work as a thriller, but the location shooting on desolate mud-flats is resonant and the twist has a sick verve. Addictive stuff." |
Tim Robey |
Splat |
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) |
"Refitted for the big screen, it becomes an eerily plastic business, like a blown-up doll's house." |
Tim Robey |
Splat |
Hitman (2007) |
"Rubbish, of course, but some teenage boys love this stuff. Don't rule out sequels." |
David Gritten |
Tomato |
The Hoax (2007) |
"An amusingly tense saga of literary con-artistry." |
Tim Robey |
Tomato 4/5 |
Home (2009) |
"Sometimes eerie, at other times playful and witty, it explores themes of modernity and primitivism without ever being heavy-handed. And as a portrait of a family under siege, it’s as unsettling as it is sensual." |
Sukhdev Sandhu |
Splat 1/5 |
The Horseman (2008) |
"I don’t roll out the word “gratuitous” often, but the unremittingly brutal last act can’t escape the charge: it’s too, too much." |
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Splat |
Hostel: Part II (2007) |
"Hostel 2 is feebleness itself, poorly constructed and deeply unterrifying, a let-down after the giddy shockfest of the first film last year." |
Sukhdev Sandhu |
Tomato |
Hot Fuzz (2007) |
"It's overlong, and finally falls apart, stuttering towards a number of indecisive endings. But mostly it's a smart, funny, affectionate love letter to all things uncool - and far more skilful than its self-effacing humour suggests." |
David Gritten |
Splat |
The Hottie & the Nottie (2008) |
"Astonishingly sexist." |
Tim Robey |
Splat |
The House Bunny (2008) |
"For all Faris's buoyancy, this is nowhere near as good as Legally Blonde, or all the other vaguely grrl-power teen movies it mimics." |
Sukhdev Sandhu |
Tomato |
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) |
"It has been pared down to a light comedy with a little romance on the side, and works competently in these terms." |
David Gritten |
Tomato 4/5 |
Humpday (2009) |
"The film does a fair amount of squirming itself, but not before giving honest and hilarious thought to the carnal intricacies of the whole project." |
Tim Robey |
Tomato |
Hunger (2008) |
"Hunger is breeze-block heavy, an unforgettable portrait of battered and self-battering masculinity, a visceral and vitally important reawakening of repressed memories." |
Sukhdev Sandhu |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Hurt Locker (2009) |
"A super-sharp, nerve-shredding thriller that reveals more about the realities of contemporary military conflict than most documentaries." |
Sukhdev Sandhu |
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