Splat D+ |
10,000 B.C. (2008) |
"It's just a wrong movie altogether, an elaborately nonsensical stew of crazy costumes, bizarre accessories, and funny voices." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato 3/5 |
101 Dalmatians (1996) |
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Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
101 Reykjavik (2001) |
"Life in Iceland never looked so bland and swingin' at the same time." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D+ |
102 Dalmatians (2000) |
"It makes me truly fearful of having to sit through 103 Dalmatians, which will be an inevitability after this one makes another $100 million." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
12 and Holding (2006) |
"Directors like Todd Solondz and Larry Clark are fond of tormenting and exploiting their young characters, but Cuesta seems to sympathize with his." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
12 Rounds (2009) |
"Feels like it was written by high school students who have watched Die Hard a lot." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
13 Going on 30 (2004) |
"It's a pleasant surprise that the movie holds up as well as it does for as long as it does." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
1408 (2007) |
"If you like 'spooky' but not 'gross' -- if you like to be scared without being assaulted -- then 1408 should do the trick." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D+ |
15 Minutes (2001) |
"An ugly, depraved movie that is not so much an indictment of American celebrity culture as it is a worthless pile of trash." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
16 Blocks (2006) |
"People who go to action movies want to see action, while people who go to character dramas want the characters to be deeper and more interesting than these ones." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C- |
17 Again (2009) |
"Very little creative energy was expended in making this film." |
Eric D. Snider |
- |
1999 Year-in-Review (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C- |
2 Days In Paris (2007) |
"Smug and grating, having the form of the low-key Richard Linklater films Delpy has worked on but none of the substance." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) |
"A disappointing step downward ... betraying what simple vision the original film had." |
Eric D. Snider |
- |
2001 Year-in-Review (2001) |
"The Best and Worst Movies of 2001" |
Eric D. Snider |
- |
2002 Year-in-Review (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
- |
2003 Year-in-Review (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
2012 (2009) |
"A very long, very loud, and very stupid disaster flick that apparently accomplishes what it set out to do, which was to be long, loud, and stupid." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
21 (2008) |
"This is a prime example of a movie that isn't bad, per se, just unnecessary, a competently made but wholly unremarkable trifle." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat B- |
21 Grams (2003) |
"The film tries to sound ponderous in matters of death and fate, but achieves only the level of art-house pretension." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
24 Hour Party People (2002) |
"Fans of that period of music should see the film post-haste; others may enjoy it purely from a filmmaking perspective, in which category it succeeds pretty well." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
25th Hour (2002) |
"It is hard to argue against a film as well-acted and sensibly assembled as this one." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
27 Dresses (2008) |
"Plays like it thinks it's the first romantic comedy the audience has ever seen." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
28 Days (2000) |
"Slight, frothy and quasi-meaningful -- a 'lite' movie if ever there was one." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A |
28 Days Later (2003) |
"The film is endlessly suspenseful, but it is more than thrilling; it's satisfying and whole." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
28 Weeks Later (2007) |
"The sequel feels cut from the same cloth as its predecessor, and is nearly as good." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
3 Extremes (2005) |
"So you'd like to see work from a few Asian horror directors, but don't have time to watch three separate movies? Then here's the sampler platter you're looking for!" |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
30 Days of Night (2007) |
"The rare horror film that actually lives up to its potential." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
30 Years to Life (2002) |
"An embarrassingly amateurish and cloying comedy." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
300 (2007) |
"Marked by spectacularly excessive visuals, with warfare transformed into a beautiful ballet of blood." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) |
"The longer the film gets, the less sense it makes." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
3:10 to Yuma (2007) |
"It combines Old West values with modern filmmaking sensibilities, and it never fails to be compelling, right down to the tense, harrowing finale." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002) |
"An entertaining sex farce." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) |
"A near-perfect sex comedy, made by smart people who understand that crassness itself is not funny, but that crassness with a dash of cleverness is." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
The 4th Dimension (2006) |
"It is a film whose concept is too often done, and usually only about as well as it's done here." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C- |
50 First Dates (2004) |
"Tries to cram Sandler's typically vulgar modus operandi into a format that is entirely foreign to him. The combination is unpleasant." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A |
500 Days of Summer (2009) |
"It's as close to perfect a romantic comedy as I've ever seen." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
5X2 (2005) |
"Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi's character is the one to watch throughout the film, as it is in her demeanor that we learn all the answers -- or all the questions, anyway." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
The 6th Day (2000) |
"An exciting high-tech action film that's even a little clever, in its big, blowing-things-up kind of way." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
8 1/2 Women (1999) |
"Boring bit of European soft porn featuring characters who never stop talking about their private parts, the private parts of others, and sex." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
8 Mile (2002) |
"There is a quietude to the film, even though it is punctuated by a lot of music and even more yelling. Its mood is soft and even humble." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C- |
88 Minutes (2008) |
"Its U.S. release feels like an obligatory gesture before sending it to DVD -- where, truth be told, it should have gone to begin with." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat 1/5 |
9 Songs (2005) |
"The story of two boring people who go to a lot of rock concerts and who, when they are not at rock concerts, have a lot of sex." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
95 Miles to Go (2006) |
"It's hilarious, funnier than 'Everybody Loves Raymond' ever was." |
Eric D. Snider |
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