Tomato B- |
W. (2008) |
"Works well enough as drama (and occasionally as comedy), but it's a missed opportunity to really explore some great American themes." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
The Wackness (2008) |
"A so-so comedy with some genuinely funny scenes, punctuated with too many trying-too-hard elements." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Wah-Wah (2006) |
"Rare is the honest labor of love that doesn't have some redeeming value, and Wah-Wah ultimately wins you over with its sincerity." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C- |
Waist Deep (2006) |
"A witless urban drama that's too serious for its own good and that never met a cliché it didn't like." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Waiting... (2005) |
"Its particular brand of puerile humor is often well-played enough to earn laughs -- though it could still use some improvement." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A |
Waitress (2007) |
"The ending is both realistic and happy -- and I do mean happy, as in, make-you-cry, exit-the-theater-skipping-and-dancing, that kind of happy." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
Waking Life (2001) |
"An unusual and intriguing film full of philosophy and social theories." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Waking the Dead (2000) |
"It's a good movie, hampered by an intriguing storyline that winds up being misused." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) |
"Merrily deconstructs the conventions of the genre with subtlety and (where required) blatant outright mockery." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Walk the Line (2005) |
"I don't know if non-Cash fans will be converted, but people already in his camp will find that it walks the line quite nicely." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C- |
A Walk to Remember (2002) |
"This one is certainly well-meaning, but it's also simple-minded and contrived." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D+ |
Walking Tall (2004) |
"This is a classic example of a film assuming we will be on the side of its protagonist just BECAUSE he's the protagonist. In fact, he behaves like a big, dumb animal." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A |
WALL-E (2008) |
"Here I am, surprised and delighted all over again at just how well these people can tell a story." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A |
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) |
"Heavens, the whole thing is just a cracking good time, so funny and clever and madly entertaining." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Wanted (2008) |
"The stylized violence and unapologetically ludicrous action sequences are the selling point, and Wanted delivers those by the blood-soaked truckload." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D+ |
War (2007) |
"The fatal flaw of War ... is that I don't give two craps about anyone in it." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
War of the Worlds (2005) |
"Spielberg's technical skills are second to none, and his childlike love for a good story remains intact in this marvelously entertaining, 90-percent-satisfying blockbuster." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
The War Within (2005) |
"Taut and suspenseful even when it's just being introspective." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2004) |
"Takes all the elements of the classic Westerns, mixes them with Eastern spiritualism, and comes out with a film that is at least noteworthy, if not especially brilliant." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
Wassup Rockers (2006) |
"This film is neither controversial nor interesting enough to warrant much attention either way." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
The Watcher (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Watchmen (2009) |
"It's a movie to see once, more or less enjoy, and then shrug off." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
Water (2006) |
"The film's visuals hold almost as much power as its story does." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007) |
"It's a movie for kids, and I suppose they will like it well enough, its pedestrian story notwithstanding." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Waterborne (2005) |
"Even without terrorists, it seems, we may be our own worst enemies. Waterborne makes that point with a compelling, highly watchable story." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
The Way Home (2002) |
"Writer/director Jeong-hyang Lee, in only her second feature, establishes a situation rife with gentle humor and honest, unaffected love." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
The Way of the Gun (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
We Are Marshall (2006) |
"Directed with surprising restraint and compassion by McG, earning our tears rather than jerking them." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) |
"Nothing more than a series of scenes set in darkened rooms in which grownups argue with and lie to each other. It is a Lifetime movie, only with a better cast." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
We Own The Night (2007) |
"It couldn't have taken seven years to write a screenplay this leaden and uninspired. Surely something like this could be churned out in a weekend." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
We Were Soldiers (2002) |
"Offers no new insight on the matter, nor do its characters exactly spring to life." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
Weapons (2007) |
"The filmmaker and his actors have skill. What they don't have is something to say." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
The Weather Man (2005) |
"The film's ultimate point has to do with the title character's epiphany, and it's a funny, tortuous path that takes us there." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Wedding Crashers (2005) |
"Too long by 30 minutes, but the two leads are a good pair, Vaughn's rapid-fire delivery nicely complementing Wilson's lazy-surfer drawl." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
The Wedding Date (2005) |
"Directed with muddled confusion, the movie goes through its stock characters and obligatory plot points without enthusiasm or charm." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C- |
The Wedding Planner (2001) |
"This is a romantic comedy in a broad farce's clothing, and it doesn't fit worth a darn." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D- |
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) |
"A rancid, unfunny disaster full of embarrassing performances and shamefully simple-minded comic notions." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
Welcome to Mooseport (2004) |
"It's the kind of movie that smiles blandly at you because it can't think of anything smart to say, and so you smile back, content but not intrigued." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
Wendy and Lucy (2008) |
"Like Reichardt, Williams does a lot with very little, culminating in a bittersweet, quietly moving finale." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B+ |
Wet Hot American Summer (2001) |
"A surprisingly high percentage of jokes succeed brilliantly." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato A- |
Whale Rider (2003) |
"I'm sure I have never seen a film like this before. It is subtle, but makes its points clearly and simply. It is storytelling at its very best." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
What a Girl Wants (2003) |
"I really did enjoy it, overall, and here's why: the considerable charm of Colin Firth." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
What Alice Found (2003) |
"It neither glamorizes nor demonizes truck-stop whoredom; it merely depicts it, with little of the internal strife that ought to accompany it." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C+ |
What Doesn't Kill You (2008) |
"The story is generic and uncompelling, coming across as just another gritty drama about a major city's criminal underbelly." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat C |
What Is It? (2006) |
"It's weirdness for weirdness' sake, and while I disagree fundamentally with a film that has no purpose other than to make you go 'huh ... that was odd,' I do concede that most of the weirdness in this case is at least interesting weirdness." |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat B- |
What Lies Beneath (2000) |
"The film's second half regresses into a standard woman-in-peril movie." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
What Planet Are You From? (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
Splat D |
What the Bleep Do We Know? (2004) |
"Here's what we know: We know that What the #$*! Do We Know!? is a tedious, faux-philosophical waste of time." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B- |
What Women Want (2000) |
"The film has its flaws, but darned if you don't like [Gibson] and it anyway." |
Eric D. Snider |
Tomato B |
What's Cooking? (2000) |
Click here to see the review. |
Eric D. Snider |
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