Splat D+ |
D.E.B.S. (2005) |
"The characters are two-dimensional parodies, trapped in a movie that doesn't know how to do parody. It's a good idea for a short, dragged out into a feature-length film." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
The Da Vinci Code (2006) |
"Where it really goes wrong is in taking itself so darned seriously." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat F |
Daddy Day Camp (2007) |
"The screenplay is attributed to three writers. That means if the film's funny parts were divided evenly among them, they each wrote zero." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
Daddy Day Care (2003) |
"Once it gets the bodily function jokes out of its system (sorry), it settles into being a fairly agreeable little movie." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Dan in Real Life (2007) |
"Effortlessly breezy." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat F |
Dance Flick (2009) |
"So to all the world's 8th-graders I say this: Don't give up hope! Keep making the same jokes you're making now, and you may one day be a filmmaker, too!" |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Dancer in the Dark (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
The Dancer Upstairs (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Danny Deckchair (2004) |
"Generally funny enough to make sitting through its predictable, half-hearted attempts at lesson-learning tolerable." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D+ |
Danny Roane: First Time Director (2006) |
"It's a chance to watch two filmmakers, one real and one fictional, screw up their movies at the same time." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
Daredevil (2003) |
"Positively un-super." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) |
"If you've seen Anderson's other films, this will feel like a repeat. A good repeat, sure, but still a repeat." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
Dark Blue (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
The Dark Knight (2008) |
"Nolan has shot The Dark Knight with the utmost confidence, and with a gleefully morbid sense of fun that prevents it from becoming oppressively bleak." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
Dark Water (2005) |
"Japan's chief horror export used to be a giant fire-breathing lizard who smashed cities and destroyed things. Now it's damp girls who crawl around and harass new homeowners." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
Darkness (2003) |
"It's a lamentable film, a true waste of talented actresses Lena Olin and Anna Paquin, and a goofy retread of stock horror-flick devices." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
Darkness Falls (2003) |
"It's just boring." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Darkon (2007) |
"A documentary that peers casually into the inner workings of a game and lets us laugh at -- er, with? -- the participants." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
The Darwin Awards (2006) |
"Will probably deserve a Darwin Award itself after dying quietly at the box office and thus strengthening the art of filmmaking in general." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D- |
Date Movie (2006) |
"This would-be spoof of romantic comedies falls prey to the misconception -- common in modern American humor -- that to make reference to something is the same thing as parodying it." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006) |
"In a year that has already suffered from the embarrassing shuckin' and jivin' of Martin Lawrence and Tyler Perry, it's exhilarating to see a film that celebrates black culture without turning it into a minstrel show." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
Dawn of the Dead (2004) |
"Scene after scene of near-misses, direct hits and incredibly tense confrontations with the undead, all conceived and executed with pulse-pounding efficiency." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) |
"There's a mechanical feel to it, with little wit or imagination. It's just a recital of the disaster-flick images we've seen so many times before." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat F |
Day of Defense (2003) |
"Should be considered an embarrassment not just to Mormons, but to film-goers in general." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Day Watch (2007) |
"Wearying and hard to follow at times, sure, but fun." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
De-Lovely (2004) |
"Keeps making the point that Cole Porter was a fun-loving, carefree man-about-town -- but if that's true, then how come his life seems so dull?" |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
Dead And Breakfast (2004) |
"It takes more than a singing narrator and an unusual finale to set you apart from the dozens of other zombie flicks being released every week." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
The Dead Girl (2006) |
"Some chapters are more useful than others, but I'm not sure you could omit any of them, either, as each stroke provides a color that contributes to the overall picture." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Dead Silence (2007) |
"A straightforward, chilly ghost story like this is rare, and this one is good enough for a few scares and a few laughs." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Dear Frankie (2005) |
"A sweet little heart-tugger ... served by a plot that dares to go in directions we would not have supposed." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A |
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) |
"It is almost indescribably painful, yet just as powerfully inspiring, a mix of good and evil and victories and setbacks that are sure to move even jaded viewers." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Death at a Funeral (2007) |
"The movie is not always laugh-out-loud funny, but at least it never becomes tiresome or aggravating -- and that's more than a lot of comedies can say." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Death of a President (2006) |
"The film is a neat little experiment and an alarming 'what if?' scenario." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D+ |
Death Race (2008) |
"A testament to the incompetence of Paul W.S. Anderson, who has never made a good movie and apparently isn't about to start now." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Death Sentence (2007) |
"Bacon's performance ensures that even at its most bombastic, the film remains grounded in truth." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
Death to Smoochy (2002) |
"Give Death to Smoochy 20 minutes or so to get its wheels on the tracks, and then sit back and enjoy as the proceedings turn dark, macabre and hilarious." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
December Boys (2007) |
"No reason to see it. No reason not to see it, either. Shrug." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat F |
Deck the Halls (2006) |
"So bad it almost makes me renounce Christianity altogether." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
Deep Blue Sea (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
The Deep End (2001) |
"What the movie does have going for it ... is Tilda Swinton's performance." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Definitely, Maybe (2008) |
"It's just unconventional enough in its structure to pique my interest, while still hewing close to the basic elements that rom-com fans expect." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Deja Vu (2006) |
"This is a smart, fleet-footed action drama -- with sci-fi thrown in for good measure -- that benefits from Tony Scott's energy without succumbing to his hyperactivity." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C- |
Delgo (2008) |
"While it's not aggressively bad, it is vapid and unimaginative, the type of thing you'd let the kids watch on TV for free, not in theaters for an arm and a leg." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
Deliver Us From Eva (2003) |
"It avoids the template for a while, but by the end, it's doing everything that every other film of its genre does, right down to the reconciliation that occurs in a public setting." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
Deliver Us From Evil (2006) |
"You come out of the film shaking your head in disbelief at Father Oliver O'Grady, but fully enraged at Cardinal Rogery Mahony." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat F |
Delta Farce (2007) |
"An almost inconceivably bad movie, i.e., it is so bad that it is hard to conceive how someone could have conceived it." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
The Departed (2006) |
"A reminder that movies can have weight to them and still be enjoyable as entertainment." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
Departures (2009) |
"A fine film that's gently funny and moving and not the least bit challenging or controversial." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat B- |
Derailed (2005) |
"A ridiculous little thriller, the sort of movie that is worth seeing but not worth discussing afterward." |
Eric D. Snider |
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