Splat 2.5/4 |
P.S. I Love You (2007) |
"Has its occasional oddball charms, but it is also ultimately conventional ... and pandering to go along with them." |
Mark Dujsik |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) |
"A dark, creepy, sad tale of incorruptible innocence and ultimate sacrifice." |
Mark Dujsik |
Tomato 4/4 |
Panic (2000) |
"Even if no one sees it, it is one of the year’s best films." |
Mark Dujsik |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Panic Room (2002) |
"Placing it in the wide perspective of many other thrillers, it most definitely stands out in the crowd." |
Mark Dujsik |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Paranormal Activity (2009) |
"Undeniably scary." |
Mark Dujsik |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Paris, Je T'aime (2007) |
"Fascinating but shaky experiment." |
Mark Dujsik |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Pathfinder (2007) |
"A chaotic piece of storytelling, told with the dull flash of quick-cut editing, ugly cinematography, and clichés that apparently pre-date Columbus' journey to the New World." |
Mark Dujsik |
Splat 1/4 |
Pearl Harbor (2001) |
"A mindless action movie passing as a serious war epic that is dragged out, unsure, and quite random." |
Mark Dujsik |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Perfect Getaway (2009) |
"Twohy constantly dares us to guess, only to throw the scent elsewhere, get us accustomed to our new idea, and then throw it back right where it started." |
Mark Dujsik |
Splat 1/4 |
Perfect Stranger (2007) |
"Tedious on just about every level." |
Mark Dujsik |
Splat 2/4 |
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) |
"The movie version feels forced, even though it doesn't seem to know what it means." |
Mark Dujsik |
Tomato 3/4 |
Phone Booth (2003) |
"An experiment in tension that pays off admirably." |
Mark Dujsik |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Pianist (2002) |
"What happened to the pianist and what he saw are clear, but who he is and what these experiences meant to him are absent." |
Mark Dujsik |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Pirate Radio (2009) |
"The closest the movie comes to a rebellious statement is in naming one of its British government officials "Twatt." Forgive me if I don't want to throw on the Who and start ranting against the Establishment after that bit of scathing criticism." |
Mark Dujsik |
Splat 2/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) |
"Gone are the clever, innovative action sequences, and practically gone is the tongue-in-cheek handling of the material." |
Mark Dujsik |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) |
"Surpasses its predecessor in making entertainment out of nonsense." |
Mark Dujsik |
Tomato 3/4 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) |
"Fun -- pure and simple." |
Mark Dujsik |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Planet 51 (2009) |
"The movie has little ambition to the creation of its world and even less when it comes to the humor." |
Mark Dujsik |
Tomato 3/4 |
Planet of the Apes (2001) |
"Neither superior nor inferior to the original, but it does serve as a nice companion piece." |
Mark Dujsik |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Pledge (2001) |
"Jack the character actor is back, and it’s been well worth the wait." |
Mark Dujsik |
Tomato 4/4 |
Ponyo (2009) |
"We are truly dealing with a master." |
Mark Dujsik |
Tomato 3/4 |
Possession (2002) |
"There’s no denying the film’s intelligence and heady appeal." |
Mark Dujsik |
Splat 2/4 |
Post Grad (2009) |
"Ah, the problems of twenty-somethings in the Real(ly Fake) World." |
Mark Dujsik |
Splat 2/4 |
The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002) |
"Watching The Powerpuff Girls Movie, my mind kept returning to one anecdote for comparison: the cartoon in Japan that gave people seizures." |
Mark Dujsik |
Tomato 4/4 |
Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) |
"So honestly written, so vividly directed, and so brilliantly performed we are transported to a psychological nightmare of despair, insecurity, only the slightest glimmer of hope, and the smallest, most bittersweet rewards." |
Mark Dujsik |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Premonition (2007) |
"A messy movie but one that at least cares enough about its central character." |
Mark Dujsik |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Prestige (2006) |
"Part homage to the art of performance, part admiration of science and technology, part unexpected turn to science fiction, and total mind-melting madness." |
Mark Dujsik |
Splat 2/4 |
Pride (2007) |
"I have seen Pride now too many times without actually seeing it." |
Mark Dujsik |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Primeval (2007) |
"A silly, silly movie that takes itself way too seriously." |
Mark Dujsik |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Princess and the Frog (2009) |
"It's not to say that this formula couldn't work again; it simply doesn't pass muster with this attempt." |
Mark Dujsik |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Princess Diaries (2001) |
"Slugs through its almost two hour running time." |
Mark Dujsik |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Producers (2005) |
"It was strange enough to have such a crass comedy serve as the basis for the salvation of the Broadway musical, but it is even stranger to find myself saying that The Producers is one of the classiest movie musicals I've seen." |
Mark Dujsik |
Tomato 3/4 |
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) |
"I admire the film on many levels, particularly one: the performance of its leading man (of all people), Adam Sandler." |
Mark Dujsik |
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