Tomato A- |
Hairspray (2007) |
"You'll come out of the movie happier than you went in, and humming a few peppy new tunes to boot." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
Half Nelson (2006) |
"It's serious, yes, but not oppressively so. There is hope in it. It has a whiff of brilliance about it." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
Half Past Dead (2002) |
"No, I don't know why Steven Seagal is considered a star, nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Halloween (1978) |
"It's hard to get behind a main character who's so unexciting. But maybe Michael Myers is the real main character. In which case, mission accomplished: I'm freaked out." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D- |
Halloween (2007) |
"Zombie is a one-trick pony. I don't like the trick or the pony." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat F |
Halloween 3: Season of the Witch (1982) |
"Were it not for the middle 30 minutes, which take approximately 73,000 hours to watch, forgetting it would be easy." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) |
"While Part 4 is better than Part 3, it is still worse than, say, being bitten in the retina by fire ants." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C- |
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) |
"'Halloween 5: The Failure of Michael Myers' would be more accurate, though admittedly not as appealing in a mass-marketing sense." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1996) |
"It is still not a 'good' film. But it is generally competent -- that is, it appears to have been made by grown-ups, not by retarded preschoolers." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
Halloween II (1981) |
"It's a little cheap to have a sequel that merely completes the story you SHOULD have told in Part 1, but as sequels go, this one's not bad." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D+ |
Halloween: H2O (1998) |
"Then Michael shows up and blah blah blah." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Hamlet (2000) |
"The play's dreariness and Hamlet's feelings of isolation and inaction are powerfully conveyed in what is truly a remarkable film." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
Hamlet 2 (2008) |
"In a year punctuated with very funny movies, Hamlet 2 stands out as the most peculiar and comedically risky." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Hancock (2008) |
"Most of the film is zippy, funny, and fascinatingly strange -- all qualities that are often lacking in some of the more bloated action blockbusters." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C- |
Hanging Up (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D+ |
Hannah Montana The Movie (2009) |
"You grant a little leeway for a movie aimed at kids, but come on. Plenty of kids' movies are clever and make sense. This one isn't and doesn't." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
Hannibal (2001) |
"Like liver and brains, a little bit of Hannibal Lecter goes a long way. Put too much on your plate, and it's going to seem bland after a few bites." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
Hannibal Rising (2007) |
"Traumatic early-life experiences can only go so far, can only prove so much. Lots of people have horrible childhoods and still manage not to become flesh-eating serial killers." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
The Happening (2008) |
"There's never an ounce of suspense, mystery, or surprise." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
Happily N'Ever After (2007) |
"Deeply lame." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Happy Birthday, Harris Malden (2008) |
"It's a movie that wants to be your pal, and hey, doggone it, what's not to like?" |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Happy Endings (2005) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Happy Feet (2006) |
"In a year that's had a glut of animated films, it's nice to see one so different from the norm." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
Happy, Texas (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) |
"She is charming and funny, and her blithe, carefree spirit actually comes across as a legitimate way of dealing with life -- or, at the very least, as being better than some of the alternatives." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Hard Candy (2005) |
"An intense, well-acted film that deals with its alarming subject matter in an audacious way." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
The Hard Word (2003) |
"The film seems unsure what it wants to be about, only that it wants to be edgy while it’s doing it." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat F |
Hardball (2001) |
"By the end ... I fled the theater with ill wishes for everyone involved, including the projectionist and the guy who sold popcorn." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) |
"Like most comedy sequels, it is not as funny as its predecessor -- but, like most comedy sequels, that won't matter too much if you get stoned before you watch it." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004) |
"I will tell you without compunction that I laughed many times during the film, and I will add that 90 percent of those laughs were at things I cannot repeat here." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D+ |
Harry And Max (2005) |
"The dialogue is either porn-film cheesy or soap-opera trite, and the performances are far from convincing." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) |
"Where Chamber of Secrets will be viewed a success is in accurately, and occasionally imaginatively, bringing the book to life. As a movie, judged on its own merits, it's too long, too slow and too unfocused." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) |
"It's nearly as epic in its scope and deep in its philosophy as the 'Lord of the Rings' films were -- the first film in this series to even approach such heights." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) |
"A richly entertaining adventure that adds more details to the mythology and at the same time tells a ripping good story." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |
"The movie works the way a Harry Potter movie ought to. It's not perfect -- a few ends remain loose, a few characters get shafted -- but it's very good." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
"The other films felt like nothing more than companion pieces to the novels, illustrations to go along with the words; this one stands on its own." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) |
"Here's the long and short of it: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is good, but not great." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Hart's War (2002) |
"Boasts solid performances against a bricolage of ideas, of which the more interesting are underused and the less interesting are overused." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
The Haunted Mansion (2003) |
"It's neither as clever nor as campy as the attraction it's based on, but it's a suitable representation of its, er, spirit." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) |
"You won't find much new in this mundane but atmospheric thriller." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
Havana Nights (2004) |
"It is hard not to smile at a movie as simple as this one. It's like a children's story, but with more rhythmic pelvic thrusting." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C- |
Haven (2006) |
"The tone is moody and bleak, the characters are petty jackasses, and Flowers' heavy-handed messages about colonialism are trite." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
Head in the Clouds (2004) |
"The film is emotionally distanced from its audience, too stoic and stuffy. You'd never guess a film with as much sex as this one could be so stodgy, but there you go." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Head of State (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat F |
Head Over Heels (2001) |
"It's bad. Apocalyptically bad. It's actually worse than I thought it would be, and I thought it would be pretty bad, what with the presence of Mr. Prinze, Jr. and all." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
Head-On (2005) |
"A weepy romance is one thing, but Head-On is too sober to be weepy, not romantic enough to achieve any real emotional connection." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
The Heart of the Game (2006) |
"How does a first-time filmmaker put together a documentary as compelling and dramatic as this is?" |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
The Heartbreak Kid (2007) |
"'Please be shocked into fits of laughter by our impish rudeness!' the Farrellys seem to say. 'Please forget the other, better R-rated comedies you've seen this year!'" |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
Heartbreakers (2001) |
"The film's uneven tone that does it in." |
Eric D. Snider |
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