Tomato 5/5 |
La Vie En Rose (2007) |
"Marion Cotillard gives her body and soul in the starring role of a striking, grief-ridden biopic of Édith Piaf." |
Sukhdev Sandhu |
Tomato 5/5 |
La Vie Moderne (2008) |
"This could be the most sublime film you'll ever see about French cattle farming." |
Tim Robey |
Tomato |
Lady Chatterley (2006) |
"Set aside any lingering preconceptions you might have about Lawrence, and prepare to be entranced." |
Tim Robey |
Splat |
Lagerfeld Confidential (2007) |
"We don't learn a lot from Rodolphe Marconi's up-close but annoyingly impersonal documentary, which devotes pointless minutes to KL dozing on planes, and snootily considers his importance a given." |
Tim Robey |
Tomato 3/5 |
Lakeview Terrace (2008) |
"Yet despite the crudeness that finally overtakes Lakeview Terrace, it may be a more accurate representation of racial attitudes in Los Angeles than many inhabitants would care to admit." |
David Gritten |
Splat 1/5 |
Land of the Lost (2009) |
"The humour is lame and more than a little smutty, while the plot barely hangs together." |
David Gritten |
Tomato 3/5 |
Last Chance Harvey (2008) |
"Last Chance Harvey is a funny little thing – a perfectly sincere July-to-September romance with barely an ounce of irony in its DNA, just a lot of optimism and good-humoured smiling. It's refreshing, in its unforced way." |
Tim Robey |
Tomato 3/5 |
The Last House on the Left (2009) |
"The cast bring a level of reality to this that's surprisingly impressive." |
Tim Robey |
Tomato |
The Last King of Scotland (2006) |
"Amin, rather discomfitingly, is a marvellous monster." |
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Splat |
The Last Legion (2007) |
"Colin Firth is not an actor who projects sparkling joie de vivre at the best of times, and The Last Legion, a cod-Roman reimagining of Arthurian myth, is very much not the best of times." |
Tim Robey |
Splat 1/5 |
Law Abiding Citizen (2009) |
"The motto of Law Abiding Citizen, endlessly repeated by Shelton, is that everyone must account for their actions. Does that apply to the people who made and star in this truly dire film?" |
Sukhdev Sandhu |
Tomato 3/5 |
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee (2009) |
"A warm and improvised comedy that will appeal to anyone with a penchant for jokes about Beth Ditto." |
Sukhdev Sandhu |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Lemon Tree (2008) |
"Clearly, the story relates to the Israeli-Palestinian divide – Lemon Tree is not a film for those who like their metaphors understated. Yet it is remarkable for the mere presence of Hiam Abbass alone." |
David Gritten |
Splat |
Les Chansons d'Amour (2007) |
"In a would-be sexy romp full of rumoured threesomes, there's nowhere near enough actual flesh on display." |
Tim Robey |
Tomato 5/5 |
Let the Right One In (2008) |
"It’s everything Twilight wanted to be but wasn’t: beautiful to gaze at, achingly romantic, emotionally involving, unexpectedly terrifying." |
Sukhdev Sandhu |
Splat |
Let's Talk About The Rain (2008) |
"Sly ensemble acting, the strong point in any JaBac film, feels like a safety net in this one." |
Tim Robey |
Splat |
A Letter to True (2004) |
"It's as precious and disarming as Weber's films always are, albeit with even more slo-mo shots of wet mutts at the seaside than usual." |
Tim Robey |
Tomato |
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) |
"Eastwood has made one of the most quietly devastating war movies of our time." |
Tim Robey |
Splat 2/5 |
The Life Before Her Eyes (2008) |
"The film’s dogged repetition of its pivotal scene has to go somewhere, but it’s enslaved to a narrative conceit even M Night Shyamalan might find a trifle gimmicky." |
Tim Robey |
Splat 2/5 |
The Limits of Control (2009) |
"If you need a working definition for bad Jarmusch, look no further than The Limits of Control, which functions more as a wilful act of self-pleasuring than worthwhile experiment." |
Tim Robey |
Tomato |
Linha de passe |
"Where most pictures about families end with huggy closure, this one ends in splinters, in pain, and with five different kinds of sudden, desperate hope." |
Tim Robey |
Splat 2/5 |
Little Ashes (2009) |
"Director Paul Morrison doesn’t do a terrible job on the budget, but it’s all a good deal too amateur-Brideshead to be believed." |
Tim Robey |
Splat |
Lives of the Saints (2006) |
"The Italian denim company Meltin' Pot paid for Rankin and Chris Cottam's unendurably pretentious stab at gangland street spirituality. Why?" |
Tim Robey |
Tomato 3/5 |
Look Who's Talking (1989) |
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Tim Robey |
Tomato 4/5 |
Looking for Eric (2009) |
"This is endearing, crowd-pleasing fare." |
Sukhdev Sandhu |
Splat |
The Lookout (2007) |
"It's a pity Frank is too busy laying on the wintry atmospherics to make the story grip as it should." |
Tim Robey |
Tomato |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) |
"For three hours and 20 minutes, Jackson has made fantasy become reality." |
John Hiscock |
Tomato |
Lorna's Silence (2009) |
"An utterly riveting thriller." |
Sukhdev Sandhu |
Tomato |
Los Olvidados (1950) |
"Casts an unblinking gaze on the wretched lives of amoral Mexico City slum kids without sentiment or preaching." |
David Gritten |
Splat 1/5 |
The Lost City (2006) |
"Great music and costumes, but with a woeful plot and jaw-droppingly stilted dialogue. Cuban-born Garcia's main complaint against Fidel seems to be that rich, corrupt Cubans could no longer dance the night away." |
David Gritten |
Splat |
Lou Reed's Berlin (2008) |
"For devotees only, I'm guessing." |
Mike McCahill |
Splat |
The Love Guru (2008) |
"To describe this holistic-healing comedy as anything other than terrible would be gross dereliction of duty, but I'll make one concession: it's kind of meant to be." |
Tim Robey |
Splat 1/5 |
Love Happens (2009) |
"It’s not a comedy. It certainly isn’t funny." |
Tim Robey |
Splat |
Lucky You (2007) |
"Gamble on the movie, by all means: it has its low-key pleasures. But perhaps safer to fold, and hope Hanson deals us an ace again soon." |
Tim Robey |
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