Tomato B- |
Nacho Libre (2006) |
"The film is so good-natured and pleasant and simple that I can't not recommend it. It's a disappointment in a lot of ways, but it's sure an upbeat one." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
The Namesake (2007) |
"Kal Penn's performance is a good cornerstone to a good, worthwhile film." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Nancy Drew (2007) |
"The film has a wry, buoyant sense of humor, and you get the feeling that the odd touches are intentionally funny." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
Nanny McPhee (2006) |
"What could have been just a middling kids' movie turns out to be sweet and humorous, the first truly joyful film of 2006." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
Napoleon Dynamite (2004) |
"A gloriously quirky, hysterically funny ode to rural dullness that is probably the fairest, most accurate film representation that Preston, Idaho, will ever get." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Narc (2002) |
"It's nothing more than an extra-gritty cop show, but it's a competent one." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat F |
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (2004) |
" By the 30-minute mark, I was praying for the sweet release of death." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D- |
National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) |
"Not exaggerated enough to be a parody of gross-out flicks, college flicks, or even flicks in general. It merely indulges in the worst elements of all of them." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
National Security (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
National Treasure (2004) |
"It's fun and occasionally amusing and it didn't give me a headache. That's not the sort of endorsement that gets you quoted in the ads, but it's the best I can muster." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets (2007) |
"You wonder how anyone involved could possibly have thought what they were doing was coherent." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Nationale 7 (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
The Nativity Story (2006) |
"It's a 'nice' movie, good for Christian families who want to attend a nativity pageant without having to stand outside in the cold." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
The Natural History of the Chicken (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
Neil Young - Greendale (2004) |
"Everyone knows rock stars shouldn't make movies, but that goes double for old, drug-addled ones like Neil Young." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A |
Neil Young - Heart of Gold (2006) |
"Demme's idea is to let the songs speak for themselves, and to give us a fly-on-the-wall view of Young's intimate performance.... One of the best concert films ever made." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
Never Back Down (2008) |
"If you combined The Karate Kid with Fight Club, then threw in a dash of The O.C. and You Got Served then beat it with a stick until it was really stupid, you'd have something twice as smart as Never Back Down." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat F |
The New Guy (2002) |
"Occasionally loud and offensive, but more often, it simply lulls you into a gentle waking coma." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
The New World (2005) |
"It's a beautiful and difficult work of art." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
New York Doll (2005) |
"A straightforward rockumentary that is as heartwarming as it is rockin'." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat F |
New York Minute (2004) |
"There is not a minute of it that makes sense. Cause and effect are meaningless. There is no real humor. It is a dour trainwreck of a faux-screwball movie." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Next (2007) |
"Primarily just a fun, mind-bending story, not too brainy but not too stupid, either." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat F |
The Next Best Thing (2000) |
"Zero chemistry, zero tension, zero laughs, zero everything." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D- |
Next Day Air (2009) |
"I barely detected moments that even seemed like they were supposed to be funny, let alone ones that actually were." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
Next Friday (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
The Next Step (1995) |
"You hate to mock something as earnest as this, but what can you do?" |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
Nicholas Nickleby (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) |
"The film is effortlessly funny, sweet, and real in a way that few teen comedies are." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Night at the Museum (2006) |
"Levy, for his part, keeps the pace brisk and the storytelling simple." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
The Night Listener (2006) |
"A slick, mostly engaging drama." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat B- |
The Night Listener (2006) |
"A slick, mostly engaging drama." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Night Watch (2005) |
"Pops with visual momentum -- so much that by the end it's chaotic, and finally just insane." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
Nights in Rodanthe (2008) |
"The central performances are solid -- but they'd have to be, to make something this rote and formulaic come even close to working." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Nina's Tragedies (2005) |
"Ayelet Zorer gives Nina grace, sexiness and a real personality. She's someone you'd want to see a movie about, though maybe you'd wish the movie were a little more polished than this one." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
Nine (2009) |
"A film about a man who is spinning his wheels runs the risk of spinning its wheels, and that's exactly what happens here." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
Nine Lives (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
Nine Lives (2005) |
"Just as we're growing fond of someone, the vignette ends and we're on to the next woman. It's nine orphan scenes desperately in need of movies to take them home." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A |
Nine Queens (2002) |
"The film is witty, exciting and entertaining." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
Ninja Assassin (2009) |
"For a movie about a calculating, silent killer, Ninja Assassin sure is dumb and loud." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
The Ninth Gate (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A |
No Country for Old Men (2007) |
"It's as close to a perfect film as I've seen all year: ingeniously crafted, thematically consistent, and haunting in its implications." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
No End in Sight (2007) |
"It comes across as something of a horror story: This happened, it was a fiasco -- and now there might not be any way of fixing it." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
No Man's Land (2001) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
No Reservations (2007) |
"Watching it would have the exact same impact on you as not watching it." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
Nobody Knows (2005) |
"It is the very definition of 'haunting,' in that it has a strong impact in the viewing, but an even stronger one in the contemplating." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
Noi (2004) |
"A quirky, amusing little film." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D- |
Norbit (2007) |
"When it comes to spectacularly unfunny comedy, the supposedly very funny Eddie Murphy sure knows how to pick 'em." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
North Country (2005) |
"It weakens the film's case to have the villains portrayed so one-dimensionally...." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C- |
Northfork (2003) |
"It plays out, dreamlike, often beautifully shot and visually appealing, but seemingly without purpose." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D- |
Not Another Teen Movie (2001) |
"In director Joel Gallen's attempt to spoof the genre, he has merely added another lame entry to it." |
Eric D. Snider |
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